Coupled solar photo-fenton process with aerobic sequential batch reactor for treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 89-95

  Adishkumar, S ^a   Sivajothi, S ^a   Rajesh Banu, J ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerobic SBR; Biodegradability; Coupled treatment; Pharmaceutical wastewater; Solar photo fenton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870172131     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.698799     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Mukesh Doble and Anil kumar, Biotreatment of Industrial Effluents, Elsiever, 2005, 1st ed., pp. 217-224.
2. N.E. Alder, J. Koschorreck and B. Rechenberg, Environmental impact assessment and control of pharmaceuticals: the role of environmental agencies. J. Water Sci. Technol., 57 (1) (2008) 91-97.
3. EPA Office of Compliance, Profile of the Pharmaceutical Industry, 1997, pp. 48-50.
4. M. Saleem, Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment: a physicochemical study. J. Res. (Sci.), 18 (2) (2007) 125-134.
5. E. Emad and C. Malay, Improvement of biodegradability of synthetic amoxicillin wastewater by photo Fenton process. J. World Appl. Sci., 5 (2009) 53-58.
6. T. Okuda, Y. Kobayashi, R. Nagao, N. Yamashita, H. Tanaka, S. Tanaka, S. Fuiji, C. Konishi and I. Houwa, Removal efficiency of 66 pharmaceuticals during wastewater process in Japan. J. Water Sci. Technol., 57 (1) (2008) 65-97.
7. J.C. Keun, G.K. Sang and H.K. Seung, Removal of antibiotics by coagulation and granular activated carbon filtration. J. Hazard. Mater., 151 (1) (2008) 38-43.
8. W. Michael, Urs von Stockar and I.W. Marison, Removal of pharmaceuticals from water: using liquid-core microcapsules as a novel approach. J. Water Res., 44 (2010) 2314-2324.
9. X. Wen, H. Ding, X. huang and R. Liu, Treatment of hospital wastewater using a submerged membrane bioreactor. Process Biochem. 39 (2004) 1427-1431.
10. A.P. Vanerkar, S. Shanta and Dharmadhikari, Herbal pharmaceutical wastewater treatment by conventional coagulants and synthetic polyelectrolytes, J. Poll. Res., 24 (2) (2005) 341-346.
11. B. Kasapgil Ince, A. Selcuk and O. Ince, Effect fof a chemical synthesis-based pharmaceutical wastewater on performance, acetoclastic methanogenic activity and microbial population in an upflow anaerobic filter. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 77 (2002) 711-719.
12. M.E. Anne, Sharon McHugh, C. Gavin and O.F. Vincent, Lowtemperature anaerobic biological treatment of solvent containing pharmaceutical wastewater. J. Water Res. 39 (19) (2005) 4587-4596.
13. S.M. Nora San, F.F. Joseph, S. Xavier Font and S.F. Antoni, Preoxidation of an extremely polluted industrial wastewater by the Fenton's reagent. J. Hazard. Mater., (2003) 315-322.
14. Ping Zhou, Chengyi Su, Binwei Li and Yi qian, Treatment of high-strength pharmaceutical wastewater and removal of antibiotics in anaerobic and aerobic biological treatment processes. J. Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 2006.
15. S. Delia Terese and D. Pinar, Treatability of sulfamerazine in sequential upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (UASB)/ completely stirred tank reactor (CSTR) Processes. J. Separ. Pur. Technol., 56(1) (2007) 108-117.
16. H.H.W. Lee, G. Chen and P.L. Yue, Integration of chemical and biological treatments for textile industry wastewater: a pos-sible zero-discharge system. Water Sci. Technol., 44 (5) (2001) 75-83.
17. S. Emad, Elmolla and Malay Chaudhuri, Effect of photo-Fenton operating conditions on the performance of Photo-Fenton- SBR process for recalcitrant wastewater treatment. J. Appl. Sci. 10 (24) (2010) 3236-3242.
18. M. Mohajerani, M. Mehrvar and F. Ein-Mozaffare, An overview of the integration of advanced oxidation technologies and other processes for water and wastewater treatment. Int. J. Eng., 3 (2) (2001) 120-146.
19. Metcalf and Eddy, Inc., George Tchobanoglous., in: L.B. Franklin and H. David Stensel (Eds.), Wastewater Engineering, Treatment and Reuse, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003, 4th ed.
20. C. Marta, O. Francisco, M.L. Juan, L. Maria, G.J. Carmen, R. Isaac, G. Mariano and T. Thomas, Behaviour of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and hormones in a sewage treatment plant. J. Water Res., 38 (2004) 2918-2926.
21. Huaili Zheng, Yunxia Pan and Xinyi Xiang, Oxidation of acidic dye Eosin Y by the solar photo-Fenton processes. J. Hazard. Mater.,141 (3) (2007) 458-464.
22. APHA-AWWA-WEF, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C. Applications, McGraw-Hill, 2005.
23. K. Puangrat and S. Nattapol, Evaluation of biodegradability and oxidation degree of hospital wastewater using photo-Fenton process as the pretreatment method. J. Hazard. Mater., 138 (2) (2006) 384-391.
24. H. Tekin, I. Gulkaya, O. Bilkay, S. Ataberk, H. Balta Tolga, I.H. Ceribasin and U. Yetis, Treatment of pharmaceutical wastewaters by Fenton's oxidation by activated sludge: A case study. J. Water Environ., 20 (2002) 290-309.
25. S. Adishkumar and S. Kanmani, Treatment of phenolic wastewaters in single baffle reactor by Solar/TiO2/H2O2 process. J. Desalination and Water Treatment, 24 (2010) 67-73