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Yumna Malik
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Faisalabad
Disinfection By chlorine (Chlorination)
Basic Principles
Disinfection:
Itis the process of destroying the pathogenic bacteria and microorganisms is known as
disinfection or sterilization.
Pathogenic organisms:
Disinfectants:
The chemicals and the substances used for disinfecting are known as disinfectants.
Importance of Purification:
This process is most important because pathogenic bacteria which are present may cause
various diseases, which are disastrous for public life.
There are many methods of disinfection. We discuss here only disinfection by chlorine also
called chlorination.
Ultraviolet Light
Ozonation
Reference:
1 John Brady, William Garber and James F. Stahl, “Chapter 10: Disinfection and
Chlorination,” in Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants, Volume I, (Sacramento,
CA: California State University, Sacramento Foundation, 2001), p. 422.
Chlorination
Chlorine and its forms are strong oxidants which kill the microorganisms and bacteria which
cause diseases in humans. Chlorine is universally used for disinfection because it is,
It is cheap
It is reliable
It is easy to handle
Chlorine give disinfecting effects for long periods so water does not recontaminate.
Easy to obtain
Economical
Effective
Easy to apply
Chlorine make hypochlorite ions and hypochlorous acid when we dissolve chlorine in water.
Hypochlorous acid or hypochlorite ions have a disastrous effect on many living microscopic
organisms.
Cl2+H2OpH>5 HOCL+HCl
Dependence on pH:
These reactions depends on pH. HOCL is more effectively dissociate if pH is high and it
dissociate less if pH is low.
1- If pH is less than 7, then HOCl does not dissociate. At this pH, HOCl is present.
2- If pH is les than 5, then chlorine does not react with water and chlorine is present as
elemental chlorine.
3- If pH is greater than 10 then hypochlorite ions are dominant specie.
pH Dominant
Specie
<5 Cl2
>5<7 HOCL
>10 OCI
Free Chlorine:
If all the three forms which are HOCL (hypochlorous acid) , OCL- (hypochlorite ions) ,
Cl2(Chlorine) present in water sample then it is called free chlorine.
Enzymatic Hypothesis:
Due to this reason , pH of water is maintained slightly less than 7 to prevent HOCL dissociation.
According to enzymatic hypothesis, these ions react with enzymes which are present in the
cells of bacteria. These enzymes are necessary for their growth or other process. As a result,
enzymes deactivate which are in the cells of organisms and deactivate by HOCL. They kill
bacteria and micro-organisms which further not divide.
Formation of chloramines:
HOCL (hypochlorous acid) immediately react with ammonia which are present in water. They
form various chloramines.
Chemistry:
NH3+HOCL NH2Cl+H2O
NH2Cl+HOCL NHCl2+H2O
NHCl2+HOCL NCl3+H2O
This reaction takes place when pH is less than 4.5.
Predominant specie:
In the process of chlorination, we keep pH less than 7, around 6.7. As a result, dichloramine is
the dominant one.
Chlorine reserves:
The chloramines which are formed by the reaction of HOCL with ammonia are,
1- Stable
2- Disinfecting properties.
Combined chlorine:
References:
DWI (2010) Advice for Applicants and water suppliers - Advice Sheet 9 - Emergencies –
Use of equipment and disinfectants Feb 2010
USEPA (2004) Response Protocol Toolbox: Planning for and Responding to Drinking
Water Contamination Threats and Incidents Module 5: Public Health Response Guide
April 2004
WHO (2004) Guide to promotion of Drinking-Water disinfection in emergencies
EPA (2010) European Communities (Drinking Water) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 A
handbook on the Implementation of the Regulations for Water Service Authorities for
Public Water Supplies
The breakpoint chlorination of water defined as the chlorination to such an extent that
microorganisms as well as bad tastes and odours present in water are also destroyed.
To disinfect water, amount of chlorine is added accordingly to the organic and inorganic
impurities which are present in water. When we add chlorine in water then it seems that
chlorine which is available is not equal to the chlorine which is added.
The relationship between the amount of chlorine added and free residual chlorine which is
proved by experiments.
Diagram:
Stage 1:
From step 1, it seems that we add lower amount of chlorine then the chlorine which added is
consumed and no residual chlorine present.
Reason:
1- At the start, chlorine reacts with the inorganic impurities which are present in water
and forms chlorides.
2- These chlorides does not have residual oxidizing power.
Stage 2: At This stage, the amount of chlorine is increased and as result respective amount of
residualchlorine is also increased. At this stage chloramines are formed. Chloramines are
formed when
chlorine is used by ammonia.
Formation of chloramines gives us the test for finding estimation of chlorine like free chlorine
which we estimate in stage 1.
If pH range is less than 7, molar ratio of chlorine:ammonia is increased above 1:1 then further
reactions occur due to which further monochloramine convert into dichloramine and
decomposition of dichloramine occur.
Overall Reaction:
Step 3:
This dip is known as break point. Organic compounds completely destroy when chlorination
occur upto breakpoint. Because of their destruction unpleasant taste and smell of water.
Stage 4:
The chlorine added is not used in any reaction after breakpoint and residual chlorine quantity is
References:
DWI (2010) Advice for Applicants and water suppliers - Advice Sheet 9 - Emergencies –
Use of equipment and disinfectants Feb 2010
USEPA (2004) Response Protocol Toolbox: Planning for and Responding to Drinking
Water Contamination Threats and Incidents Module 5: Public Health Response Guide
April 2004
Chlorine demand
Free chlorine is only available if chlorine demand is match with other reacting species. Chlorine
reacts with components of wastewater. The components which are present in wastewater
react and attach with chlorine before the reaction of chlorine with pathogens.
Chlorine demand is defined as the demand by inorganic and organic materials.It is the
difference between chlorine amount which is added and residual chlorine.
There are inorganic compounds which firstly react with chlorine are,
1- Hydrogen sulfide
2- Ferrous iron
3- Manganese
4- Nitrite
Ammonia(NH3) present in all wastewaters and it secondly react with chlorine. When
their reaction occur then chloramines formed. These chloramines act as disinfectants.
Three forms of chloramines are,
1- Monochloramine
2- Dichloramine
3- Trichloramine
Organic compounds react with chlorine at last and as a result chloro-organic compounds
formed. Thy slightly cause disinfection.
Chlorine Residual
Chlorine residual include combine chlorine (eg. Monochloramine) these chloramines have
disinfectant properties plus free chlorine. Chlorine residual is component of chlorine which is
applied, that is used for disinfection.
Chloramines: It is a form of combined chlorine.
Chloro-organic compounds: It is a weak form of combined chlorine.
Free chlorine: It is a form of residual and is the strongest form used for disinfection.
Reference:
1 John Brady, William Garber and James F. Stahl, “Chapter 10: Disinfection and
Chlorination,” in Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants, Volume I, (Sacramento,
CA: California State University, Sacramento Foundation, 2001), p. 422
Water is disinfected if free residual chlorine is about 0.2ppm. It means added chlorine in
the dose upto breakpoint +0.2ppm.
If amount of free residual chlorine is greater than 0.2ppm cause,
1- Bad taste in water
2- Harmful because it irritates the membrane of intestine
Forms of Chorine
There are various forms of chlorine which can be applied are,
Molecular chlorine is applied in liquid or gas form into the water. Liquid form is used these
days.
Chlorinator:
Liquid chlorine is one and half times havier as compared to water. Liquid chlorine is kept in
cylinder called chlorinator. Chlorinator use liquid chlorine and take chlorine from container and
mix it with small amount of water and form strong chlorine solution. We use water injector to
fed chlorine solution into the distribution system.
Diagram:
Advantages:
(Calcium hypochlorite)
When OCl- ions combine with water following reaction would take place.
(Germicide)
Commercially available calcium hypochlorite called hig test chlorite. It contains 60% to 70% of
chlorine which is available.
Bleaching Powder:
It is also used for chlorination. When it is freshly prepared, it contains 30% of available chlorine.
(Bleaching powder)
(Germicide)
Bleaching powder is unstable and when exposed to light or air they lose their chlorine content.
Disadvantages:
Bleaching powder and hypochlorites are not used in modern days for the treatment of water
because of the following reasons,
Swimming pools
Storage reservoirs
Emergency disinfectants
Use of chlorine tablets:
They are used sometimes for the disinfection of small amount of water.
These are stable. Chloramines are formed the reaction of chlorine and ammonia when they are
mixed in 2:1 by volume.
They remain in water as residuals for enough time because of their stability as compared to
chlorine which evaporates after some time.
Advantages:
Do not cause bad taste and smell even these are used in excess
These are very useful when phenols present
When reaction of free chlorine and phenol takes place, chlorophenols are formed which cause
unpleasant taste to water. In the presence of phenols, the chloramines do not form
chlorophenols. As a result, no bad taste developed.
Reaction:
References:
WHO (2004) Guide to promotion of Drinking-Water disinfection in emergencies
Buchanan, R.E., editor; , and N.E. Gibbons, editor. , eds. 1974. Bergey's Manual of
Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed. Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Baltimore, Md. 1246 pp.
Antonelli, M.; Rossi, S.; Mezzanotte, V.; Nurizzo, C. (2006) Secondary Effluent
Disinfection: PAA Long Term Efficiency. Environ. Sci. Technol., 40 (15), 4771–4775.
Dechlorination
Overchlorinationis the amount greater than 0.2ppm after the breakpoint. It cause bad
odour and taste in water.
Dechlorinationis the removal of chlorine from water
Process of dechlorination is done to such an extent that sufficient residual chlorine
remain in water(0.1 to 0.2 ppm )
To maintain residues, chlorine will be added
Dechlorinating agents:
1- SO2 gas
2- Na2S2O3
3- Na2 SO3
Reactions:
1- detention ponds
2- aeration
3- sunlight
4- activated carbon
5- addition of sulfur compounds.
Water which is treated is passed through bed of molecular carbon.It can also be done by adding
activated carbon into H2O and carbon absorb chlorine. These carbon then removed by process
of filteration.
References:
1 John Brady, William Garber and James F. Stahl, “Chapter 10: Disinfection and
Chlorination,” in Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants, Volume I, (Sacramento,
CA: California State University, Sacramento Foundation, 2001), p. 422.
EPA (2010) European Communities (Drinking Water) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 A
handbook on the Implementation of the Regulations for Water Service Authorities for
Public Water Supplies
DoEHLG (2009) Circular L04/09 - Drinking Water Incident Response Plans
DWI (2010) Advice for Applicants and Water Suppliers - Advice Sheet 5 - Approval of
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DWI (2010) Advice for Applicants and water suppliers - Advice Sheet 9 - Emergencies –
Use of equipment and disinfectants Feb 2010
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April 2004
WHO (2004) Guide to promotion of Drinking-Water disinfection in emergencies
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