Pretreatment of Real Antibiotic Wastewater by Fenton Process

The feasibility of using Fenton process as a pretreatment for real antibiotic wastewater was evaluated. In addition, the study examined the effect of main parameters (COD/H2O2 molar ratio and H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio) of the Fenton process on biodegradability (BOD5/COD ratio) improvement and mineraliza...

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Main Authors: Elmolla, E. S., Chaudhuri, M.
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Published: 2009
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description The feasibility of using Fenton process as a pretreatment for real antibiotic wastewater was evaluated. In addition, the study examined the effect of main parameters (COD/H2O2 molar ratio and H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio) of the Fenton process 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 minutes, biodegradability improved from 0.09 to 0.49 ± 0.02 in 30 min, and COD and DOC removal were 62 ± 1% and 37  3 %, respectively in 30 min. The study indicated that the Fenton process can be used as pretreatment for antibiotic degradation, mineralization and biodegradability improvement of antibiotic wastewater containing amoxicillin and cloxacillin.
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:23702017-01-19T08:25:06Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2370/ Pretreatment of Real Antibiotic Wastewater by Fenton Process Elmolla, E. S. Chaudhuri, M. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering The feasibility of using Fenton process as a pretreatment for real antibiotic wastewater was evaluated. In addition, the study examined the effect of main parameters (COD/H2O2 molar ratio and H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio) of the Fenton process 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 minutes, biodegradability improved from 0.09 to 0.49 ± 0.02 in 30 min, and COD and DOC removal were 62 ± 1% and 37  3 %, respectively in 30 min. The study indicated that the Fenton process can be used as pretreatment for antibiotic degradation, mineralization and biodegradability improvement of antibiotic wastewater containing amoxicillin and cloxacillin. 2009-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2370/1/Pretreatment_of_Real_Antibiotic_Wastewater_by_Fenton_Process.pdf application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2370/2/Pretreatment_of_Real_Antibiotic_Wastewater_by_Fenton_Process.pdf Elmolla, E. S. and Chaudhuri, M. (2009) Pretreatment of Real Antibiotic Wastewater by Fenton Process. In: Second International Conference on Engineering Technology (ICET 2009), 8-10 December 2009, Kuala Lumpur.
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Elmolla, E. S.
Chaudhuri, M.
Pretreatment of Real Antibiotic Wastewater by Fenton Process
title Pretreatment of Real Antibiotic Wastewater by Fenton Process
title_full Pretreatment of Real Antibiotic Wastewater by Fenton Process
title_fullStr Pretreatment of Real Antibiotic Wastewater by Fenton Process
title_full_unstemmed Pretreatment of Real Antibiotic Wastewater by Fenton Process
title_short Pretreatment of Real Antibiotic Wastewater by Fenton Process
title_sort pretreatment of real antibiotic wastewater by fenton process
topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
url http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2370/
http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2370/1/Pretreatment_of_Real_Antibiotic_Wastewater_by_Fenton_Process.pdf
http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2370/2/Pretreatment_of_Real_Antibiotic_Wastewater_by_Fenton_Process.pdf