Adsorptive removal of antibiotics from water and wastewater: Progress and challenges

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 532, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-126

  Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir ^a   Zhou, John L ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Antibiotic; Biochar; Carbon nanotube; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ANTIBIOTICS; BENTONITE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CLAY MINERALS; COSTS; GRAPHITE; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; YARN;

ADSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ADSORPTION TECHNOLOGY; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GENES; BIO CHARS; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REGENERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENTONITE; GRAPHITE; HUMIC ACID; ION EXCHANGE RESIN; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ANTIBIOTICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; POLLUTANT; REGENERATION; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84930624495     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.130     Document Type: Review

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