Emissions of OTNE (Iso-E-super) – Mass flows in sewage treatment plants

Bester, Kai; Klasmeier, Jörg; Kupper, Thomas (2008). Emissions of OTNE (Iso-E-super) – Mass flows in sewage treatment plants Chemosphere, 71(11), pp. 2003-2010. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.02.004

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The fate and mass flows of OTNE ([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethylnaphthalen-2yl]ethan-1-one) which is commercialized as Iso-E-Super were studied in three large scale sewage treatment plants (STPs) in detail. The results are compared to 14 smaller ones located in Germany and Switzerland. OTNE inflow concentrations ranged from 4000 to 13 000 ng l−1 while the effluent concentrations ranged from 500 to 6900 ng l−1. It is eliminated from the waste water with 56–64% during waste water treatment. High OTNE concentrations in sewage sludge showed that the elimination was mainly driven by sorption to sludge. This complies with major elimination in the first settling basins (primary settling tanks) while it was removed to a lesser extent in the aeration basin of the activated sludge treatment or in successive biofilters. The mass flows of OTNE in the influent of the German STPs were between 0.9 and 1.9 g per inhabitant and year. In the annual effluents mass flows of OTNE ranged between 0.2 and 0.8 g per inhabitant which complies with data measured in 13 smaller STPs from Switzerland. The similarity of data suggests that the observed mass flow data might be extrapolated to other European regions.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Resource-efficient agricultural production systems
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture > Sustainability and Circular Economy

Name:

Bester, Kai;
Klasmeier, Jörg and
Kupper, Thomas0000-0001-9459-1910

Subjects:

T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering

ISSN:

00456535

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Thomas Kupper

Date Deposited:

04 Nov 2020 13:54

Last Modified:

04 Oct 2021 02:18

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.02.004

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Keywords:Fragrance compounds; Personal care compounds; Wastewater treatment; OTNE; Mass flow analysis

ARBOR DOI:

10.24451/arbor.12232

URI:

https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/12232

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