Publication detail

Treatment of Humic Acids Solutions by Diaphragm Discharge

STARÁ, Z. KRČMA, F.

Original Title

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper presents results obtained from a preliminary investigation of humic acids solutions treated by the DC non-pulsed diaphragm discharge. The first attempts at the removal of humic acids from water by the diaphragm discharge were carried out in a batch discharge reactor. The UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy and the fluorescence spectroscopy were used as fast analytical methods for the determination of changes in humic acids chemical structure. From the obtained fluorescence spectra of the treated solutions, the index of humification was calculated as a ratio of the emission intensities at 470 and 400 nm. The index value points to the ratio of aromatic and aliphatic components in the humic acids mixture. The decrease of the index indicates the increasing aliphatic character of the mixture. Results obtained from the discharge treatment of humic acids solutions are compared to those obtained from experiments with organic dyes dissolved in water and their decomposition by the diaphragm discharge.

Keywords

diaphragm discharge, discharges in solutions, humic acids

Authors

STARÁ, Z.; KRČMA, F.

RIV year

2006

Released

26. 6. 2006

Publisher

AV ČR

Location

Praha

ISBN

0011-4626

Periodical

Czechoslovak Journal of Physics

Year of study

Number

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

1351

Pages to

1356

Pages count

BibTex

@article{BUT43345,
  author="Zdenka {Kozáková} and František {Krčma}",
  title="Treatment of Humic Acids Solutions by Diaphragm Discharge",
  journal="Czechoslovak Journal of Physics",
  year="2006",
  volume="56",
  number="B",
  pages="1351--1356",
  issn="0011-4626"
}