A new approach for chemical oxygen demand (COD) measurement at high salinity and low organic matter samples

KAYAALP N., Erşahin M. E., Ozgun H., Koyuncu İ., Kınacı C.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, cilt.17, sa.9, ss.1547-1552, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11356-010-0341-z
  • Dergi Adı: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1547-1552
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Chemical oxygen demand, Chloride interference, High salinity, Mercury sulphate, WASTE-WATER, PROPOSED METHOD
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) is used as a discharge standard parameter in wastewater treatment plant design, environmental modelling and many other applications. Chloride interference is an important problem of COD measurement for wastewaters containing low organic matter and high chloride concentrations. In case of chloride concentrations up to 2,000 mg/L, mercury sulphate addition at a ratio of 10:1 (HgSO4:Cl-) can adequately mask the interference. When chloride concentration exceeds 2,000 mg/L, this ratio becomes ineffective to hinder the interference. At this point, it is proposed to use a greater and constant ratio of mercury sulphate addition. However, this application sometimes results in extra mercury sulphate addition which is not necessary. Even in some cases, greater addition of mercury sulphate alone is not a solution to erroneous measurement results. The purpose of the study is to determine optimum HgSO4:Cl- ratios according to the chloride concentrations of the samples and to show the importance of the strength of the digestion solution for the correct determination of the COD parameter.