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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Ernest Rowland Blatchley, III, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Jing Li, Beijing, CN;
Jer-Yen Yang, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Xinran Zhang, Guangzhou, CN;
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
Provided is an ordered step-wise method for the chlorination and photodestruction of MC-LR contamination of an aqueous liquid such as a potable water supply infested with blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). It has been found possible to usefully chlorinate the water at lower chlorine:MC-LR ratios as compared to known methods and then to irradiate the water with ultraviolet radiation to photolyze the chlorinated MC-LR. The methods incorporate the prechlorination of a cyanotoxin, more advantageously a microcystin, and most advantageously MC-LR, to enhance UV-induced photodegradation of this compound.