[Spectra analysis of dissolved organic matter in pretreatment process of leachate treated by reverse osmosis]

In order to examine the removal of organic matter in the leachate which results in reverse osmosis (RO) membrane fouling, and to provides a reference to select appropriate pretreatment processes of RO, synchronous-scan fluorescence, three-dimensional excitation emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopic and UV-Vis spectrum of the dissolved organic matter (DOM) in different molecular weight range in effluent from each leachate process of "biochemical (UASB+A/O)and UF" pretreatment in some incineration plant were examined. The results of synchronous fluorescence spectra analysis showed that DOM in the wavelength range of 250-320 nm with all the molecular weight and in the wavelength>320 nm with molecular weight>1 KDa was removed obviously by the pretreatment processes. The results of three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix (3D-EEM) fluorescence spectra showed that the pretreatment processes removed low-excitation wavelength tyrosinelike, low-excitation wavelength tryptophan-like and high-excitation wavelength tryptophan-like with all the molecular weight off, and fulvic-like matter and high-excitation wave length tyrosine-like with molecular weight>1 KDa effectively. The results of UV-Vis spectra analysis showed that the pretreatment processes removed DOM of molecular weight>1 KDa with pi-pi transition and DOM of all molecular weight with conjugated system of the benzene ring structure. It was concluded that the removal of both fulvic-like matter and high-excitation wave length tyrosine-like with the wavelength>320 nm, molecular weight<1 KDa and with pi-pi transition should be strengthened for controlling (RO) membrane fouling, when leachate was treated by RO with the pretreatment processes of "biochemical(UASB+A/O)and UF".