Electrochemical treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater by combining anodic oxidation with ozonation

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 961-968

  Menapace, Hannes M ^a   Diaz, Nicolás ^b   Weiss, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anodic oxidation; Complexing agents; Diamond electrodes; EDTA; Endocrine substances; Ozonation; Pharmaceutical wastewater

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BORON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CURRENT DENSITY; DIAMONDS; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GASES; METALLIZING; MOS CAPACITORS; NONMETALS; OXIDATION; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; POLLUTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TESTING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BORON DOPED DIAMOND (BDD) ELECTRODES; COMPLEXING AGENTS; DIAMOND ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; ELIMINATION RATES; FLOWRATES; MATRIX EFFECTS; MICRO-POLLUTANTS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OZONATION; OZONE GENERATORS; OZONE INJECTION; OZONE PRODUCTION; PACKING MATERIALS; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATERS; POINT SOURCES; REDOX POTENTIAL (RP); RESEARCH PROJECTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS (STP); SYNTHETIC WASTEWATERS; TEST RUNS; TREATMENT PROCESSES; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WATER SAMPLES;

ANODIC OXIDATION;

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; EDETIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EFFLUENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OZONATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

DRUG INDUSTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OZONE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 47349132942     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520801974558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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