Application of a Solid Ceramic Membrane for Monitoring Volatile Organic Compounds in Industrial Wastewater
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Jeonbuk Department of Inhalation Research, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup 56212, Korea
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School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Korea
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Center for Chemicals Risk Assessment, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Korea
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Membranes 2020, 10(8), 186; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10080186
Received: 27 July 2020
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Revised: 11 August 2020
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Accepted: 12 August 2020
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Published: 14 August 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Membrane Applications)
A large quantity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can be released into water environments from oil spills and chemical exposure accidents. A recently developed solid ceramic dosimeter (SCD) could be used for long-term measuring of low VOCs concentrations in water. However, calibration and field testing of these SCDs have thus been far insufficient to apply for VOCs monitoring in a water environment in a chemical industrial area. We conducted laboratory calibration experiments and stability tests of the SCD. The mass accumulation of 14 target VOCs from 2 to 100 μg/L was increased linearly with time in the sampler. The absorption rate of the VOCs was related to Henry’s law constant. The average diffusion coefficient of the 14 VOCs in the SCD wall was 1.02 × 10−9 m2/s. The SCD was utilized in a petrochemical plant complex in South Korea with an industrial wastewater reservoir. After a total of 7 days of deployment, chloroform, ethylbenzene, and toluene were detected by both passive sampling and grab sampling at the same VOC concentrations.
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Keywords:
volatile organic compound; passive sampling; solid ceramic dosimeter; HS-GC-MS; time-weighted average
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Kim I, Yoon J, Kim SD. Application of a Solid Ceramic Membrane for Monitoring Volatile Organic Compounds in Industrial Wastewater. Membranes. 2020; 10(8):186. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10080186
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Injeong, Jinseul Yoon, and Sang D. Kim. 2020. "Application of a Solid Ceramic Membrane for Monitoring Volatile Organic Compounds in Industrial Wastewater" Membranes 10, no. 8: 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10080186
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