As a result of the survey on major domestic water pollutants in the recent five years, the average of total samples exceeding the guideline was 5.2%, among which NO3--N(Nitrate-Nitrogen) was 22.1%. The most commonly used removal method for the NO3--N ...
As a result of the survey on major domestic water pollutants in the recent five years, the average of total samples exceeding the guideline was 5.2%, among which NO3--N(Nitrate-Nitrogen) was 22.1%. The most commonly used removal method for the NO3--N was ion exchange resin so far.
The research trend of the nZVI(nano-Zero Valent Iron) was conducted through keyword search during the last 10 years. The number of foreign documents was 1,410 and showed an increasing trend in every year. However, there were 33 domestic documents and difficult to find the increasing tendency.
Typically, the nZVI is synthesisd through the consequence processes of mixing step, separation step, cleaning step, and drying step. However, the nZVI is so quickly oxidative, that corrosion and coagulation are happened together. Recently, additional methods such as surface modification, immobilization, dual solvent, and others have been applied to synthesis of the nZVI.
In this study, the ability of nZVI prepared without washing process was compared with nZVI prepared by clean up process, including the GT-nZVI(Green Tea-nZVI) synthesized utilizing green tea. The NO3--N concentration was measured by using spectrophotometric method and the removal efficiency of NO3--N was ranged between 16% and 79%, depending on the experimental methods.
The nZVI was used to remove heavy metals and ionic pollutants, especially NO3--N removal. Research has also shown that experiments involving the removal of NO3--N accounted for a large proportion. From this point of view, the nZVI will be expected to us as one of the practical ways in the future for removal of NO3--N rather than other pollutants.
The ability of the nZVI to remove contaminants, synthesis and removal mechanisms of the literature are suggested. The comparison studies with existing methods were investigated for removing NO3--N from the ground water. As a result, the bio-degradable polymer of the surface modification of the nZVI was found to be the most practical method in the field. It is expected that surface deformation studies and trials for testing practical use of the nZVI will be worthy to pursue further.
Keywords: nZVI, Green Tea, Nitrate-Nitrogen, Polymer, Surface modific- ation, mechanism, ground water