Heterogenous photocatalytic degradation kinetics and detoxification of an urban wastewater treatment plant effluent contaminated with pharmaceuticals

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4070-4078

  Rizzo, L ^a   Meric, S ^a,b   Guida, M ^b   Kassinos, D ^c   Belgiorno, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes; Amoxicillin; Carbamazepine; Diclofenac; Ecotoxicity; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; KINETICS; MINERALOGY; MIXTURES; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; AMOXICILLIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; ECOTOXICITY;

EFFLUENTS;

AMOXICILLIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIOASSAY; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DRUG; EFFLUENT; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DAPHNIA; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; IRRADIATION; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 69849086847     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.046     Document Type: Article

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