An ozone disinfection system uses a section of pipe as the disinfection contactor. The concentration of ozone in the water is 0.09 mg/L, the velocity in the pipe is 0.11 m/s, the pipe length is 16 m.

The pathogen inactivation rate constant, kp, for viruses at ToC is given by:

Calculate the log inactivation credit for viruses at 25oC (to 2 deicmal places) using the Chick-Watson model:

where cd is in units of mg/L and t is in standard units of time.

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An ozone disinfection system uses a section of pipe as the disinfection contactor.  The concentration of ozone in the water is 0.09 mg/L, the velocity in the pipe is 0.11 m/s, the pipe length is 16 m.

The pathogen inactivation rate constant, kp, for viruses at ToC is given by:

Calculate the log inactivation credit for viruses at 25oC (to 2 deicmal places) using the Chick-Watson model:

where cd  is in units of mg/L and t is in standard units of time.

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To determine the log inactivation credit using the Chick-Watson model, we must relate the virus inactivation to the contact time, disinfectant concentration, and the inactivation rate constant.

First, compute the hydraulic contact time t in the pipe from the given length and velocity. The time is t = length / velocity = 16 m / 0.11 m/s ≈ 145.45 s.

Next, recall the Chick-Watson relationship for disinfection using a constant concentration Cd:
N/N0 = exp(-kp * Cd * t)
Taking the natural logarithm and converting to base-10 logarithm, the log inactivation credit is:
log10(N0/N) = (kp * Cd * t) / ln(10) = (kp * Cd * t) / 2.303
where kp is the pathogen inactivation rate constant (with units that make kp * Cd * t dimensionless), Cd is the concentration in mg/L, and t is the contact time in seconds.

Now substitute the known values: Cd = 0.09 mg/L and t ≈ 145.45 s. The calculation for log10 reduction becomes:
log10 reduction = (kp * 0.09 * 145.45) / 2.303

To obtain a numeric value of 2.68 as the log inactivation credit, kp must satisfy:
2.68 = (kp * 0.09 * 145.45) / 2.303
Solve for kp: kp = (2.68 * 2.303) / (0.09 * 145.45) ≈ 0.471 (units depend on the kd/Cd formulation, typically 1/(mg/L·s)).

If the kp value provided in the problem statement is approximately 0.471 (in the appropriate units), the resulting log inactivation credit would be about 2.68, to two decimal places.

Summary of the key steps:
- Determine contact time t from length and velocity.
- Use the Chick-Watson expression to relate log inactivation to kp, Cd, and t.
- Convert natural log to base-10 using division by 2.303.
- Solve for the required kp or verify the provided kp yields the target log reduction.

Note: If kp is directly provided in the full problem statement (not shown in the excerpt here), plug Cd = 0.09 mg/L and t ≈ 145.45 s into log10 reduction = (kp * Cd * t) / 2.303 to obtain the numerical answer, which in the given solution corresponds to 2.68.

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