Disinfection of Escherichia coli using a combination of ozonation and ultrasound cavitation

Devita Amelia, Syafrizal, Sergie Purnama, Eva Fathul Karamah

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Abstract

Combination of ozone and ultrasonic cavitation can use as an alternative process for disinfection of Escherichia coli where the residual of this process was considered to be more safety than the previous one (e.g. Chlorination). Ozone can attack membrane cell of bacteria and also ultrasonic cavitation has an advantage in the generation of OH radicals which make an enzyme denaturation on bacteria. This research divided into three kinds of disinfection method to find the best applicable one, which is disinfection using ozone, ultrasonic cavitation and combination of ozone and ultrasonic cavitation. The best condition for Escherichia coli disinfection resulted from this research was when a combination of 231 mg/L of ozone and 100% wave intensity used. This condition gave a result of 99.99% percentage of Escherichia coli disinfection in 15 minutes. Therefore, this research showed that combining ozone and ultrasound cavitation will effectively increase the disinfection capability of the process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Progress on
Subtitle of host publicationEnergy, Communities and Cities - Proceedings of International Symposium on Sustainable and Clean Energy, ISSCE 2019: Quality in Research 2019
EditorsYuliusman Yuliusman, Cindy Dianita
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735419896
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 May 2020
Event16th International Conference on Quality in Research, QiR 2019 - 2019 International Symposium on Sustainable and Clean Energy, ISSCE 2019 - Padang, Indonesia
Duration: 22 Jul 201924 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume2230
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Quality in Research, QiR 2019 - 2019 International Symposium on Sustainable and Clean Energy, ISSCE 2019
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityPadang
Period22/07/1924/07/19

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