In order to remove toxic organic compounds from drinking water

taking phenol for example

we used high concentration hydroxyl radical（·OH） and other active species

which were produced by strong ionization discharges

to treat phenol-containing water

and studied the effects of three factors

including initial phenol concentration

·OH ratio concentration

and water temperature on the phenol degradation in static experiments. The kinetics of phenol degradation and the influence of the three factors above on degradation speed were also analyzed. Moreover

through pilot scale experiments

the relation of degradation efficiency to injection power and treatment time was investigated as well. The results show that the reaction of oxidative degradation of phenol by ·OH and other active species is in accordance with apparent pseudo-first-order kinetic reaction. Both of efficiency and speed of phenol degradation increase with increasing ·OH concentration

decrease with increasing initial concentration of phenol

and are influenced barely by water temperature. According to the pilot scale experiments

the degradation efficiency of phenol increases with the injection power and treatment time; when the injection power and treatment time were 600 W and 5 min

respectively

neither phenol nor its intermediates were detected using high performance liquid chromatography（HPLC）

i.e. the degradation efficiency of phenol was 100.00%.