Photo-Fenton Treatment of Antibiotic Wastewater
The study examined photo-Fenton treatment of an antibiotic wastewater containing amoxicillin and cloxacillin, and evaluated the effect of operating conditions (H2O2/COD molar ratio and H2O2/Fe2+molar ratio) on biodegradability(BOD5/COD ratio) improvement and mineralization. The optimum operating co...
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| description | The study examined photo-Fenton treatment of an antibiotic wastewater containing amoxicillin and cloxacillin, and evaluated the effect of operating conditions (H2O2/COD
molar ratio and H2O2/Fe2+molar ratio) on biodegradability(BOD5/COD ratio) improvement and mineralization. The optimum operating conditions for treatment of the antibiotic
wastewater was observed to be H2O2/COD molar ratio 2.5 and H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio 20 (COD/H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio 1/2.5/0.125) at pH 3 and reaction time 30 min. Under
optimum operating conditions, complete degradation of amoxicillin and cloxacillin occurred in one minute, biodegradability improved from 0.09 to 0.50 ± 0.01 in 30 min, and COD and DOC removal were 67 ± 1% and 51 ± 2%, respectively in 30 min. The study indicated that the photo-Fenton process can be used as pretreatment for antibiotic
degradation and biodegradability improvement of antibiotic wastewater containing amoxicillin and cloxacillin. |
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| spelling | oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:22842017-01-19T08:24:40Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2284/ Photo-Fenton Treatment of Antibiotic Wastewater Elmolla, E. S. Chaudhuri, M. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering The study examined photo-Fenton treatment of an antibiotic wastewater containing amoxicillin and cloxacillin, and evaluated the effect of operating conditions (H2O2/COD molar ratio and H2O2/Fe2+molar ratio) on biodegradability(BOD5/COD ratio) improvement and mineralization. The optimum operating conditions for treatment of the antibiotic wastewater was observed to be H2O2/COD molar ratio 2.5 and H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio 20 (COD/H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio 1/2.5/0.125) at pH 3 and reaction time 30 min. Under optimum operating conditions, complete degradation of amoxicillin and cloxacillin occurred in one minute, biodegradability improved from 0.09 to 0.50 ± 0.01 in 30 min, and COD and DOC removal were 67 ± 1% and 51 ± 2%, respectively in 30 min. The study indicated that the photo-Fenton process can be used as pretreatment for antibiotic degradation and biodegradability improvement of antibiotic wastewater containing amoxicillin and cloxacillin. Technoscience Publications 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2284/1/Phot-_Fenton_Treatment_of_Antibiotic_Wastewater.pdf Elmolla, E. S. and Chaudhuri, M. (2010) Photo-Fenton Treatment of Antibiotic Wastewater. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 9 (2). pp. 365-370. ISSN 0972-6268 |
| spellingShingle | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Elmolla, E. S. Chaudhuri, M. Photo-Fenton Treatment of Antibiotic Wastewater |
| title | Photo-Fenton Treatment of Antibiotic Wastewater |
| title_full | Photo-Fenton Treatment of Antibiotic Wastewater |
| title_fullStr | Photo-Fenton Treatment of Antibiotic Wastewater |
| title_full_unstemmed | Photo-Fenton Treatment of Antibiotic Wastewater |
| title_short | Photo-Fenton Treatment of Antibiotic Wastewater |
| title_sort | photo-fenton treatment of antibiotic wastewater |
| topic | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
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