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The transfer processes of organic pollutants during sewage-seawater mixing were simulated in three different mixing systems. The release rate of organic matter from sewage particles to seawater was found to be about 0.02–0.04 d−1. The release processes can be simulated by an exchange-equilibrium kinetic model. Degradation of COD was observed in all three mixing systems and can be described by a first order kinetic equation. The degradation rate constantk ranged between 0.04 and 0.07 d−1. These results have provided important parameters for estimation of environmental capacity.
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Song, C., Wenzhuo, L. & Tianbao, F. Transfeer of organic pollutants during sewage-seawater mixing. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 10, 178–183 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02844749
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02844749