Elimination of pharmaceutical residues in biologically pre-treated hospital wastewater using advanced UV irradiation technology: A comparative assessment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 239-240, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-77

  Kohler C ^a   Venditti, S ^a   Igos, E ^a   Klepiszewski, K ^a   Benetto, E ^a   Cornelissen, A ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation process; Hospital wastewater; Life cycle assessment; Pharmaceuticals; UV treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; BETA-BLOCKERS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DEGRADATION CAPACITY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; LC-MS/MS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOW PRESSURES; MEDIUM-PRESSURE LAMPS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; POST TREATMENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL PROCESS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS; UV IRRADIATION; UV TREATMENT; X RAY CONTRAST MEDIA;

ANTIBIOTICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS; LIFE CYCLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PILOT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; DRUG RESIDUE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRADIANCE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRESSURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEGRADATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOSPITAL WASTE; HYPERBARIC CHAMBER; HYPOBARISM; LABORATORY DEVICE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OXIDATION KINETICS; SUNLAMP; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIOREACTORS; HOSPITALS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84867694423     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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