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Pharmaceuticals wastewater treatment via different advanced oxidation processes: Reaction mechanism, operational factors, toxicities, and cost evaluation – A review

Abstract

Pharmaceuticals comprises different drugs used for treating different infections in human being and animals. The huge quantities of pharmaceuticals used are found to discharge into different water resources and cause different health and environmental problems. The continuous and large-scale discharge of pharmaceuticals increases their persistency which can consequently make them more toxic. The different advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) were found to effectively treat pharmaceuticals contaminated water. The AOPs showed high efficiency in the treatment of acetaminophen, sulfamethoxazole, metronidazole. ciprofloxacin. sulfadiazine, sulfamethazine, amoxicillin, ibuprofen, carbamazepine, and tetracycline. The pharmaceuticals, amitrole, norfloxacin, atenolol, chloramphenicol, berberine, diclofenac, and sulfadiazine showed persistency to some AOPs. The AOPs yield different reactive radicals with predominantly hydroxyl radical (•OH)- and sulfate radical (SO4•−) which showed fast reactivity with pharmaceuticals. Different mechanistic approaches were systematically reviewed which verify the yield, reactivities, and degradation pathways of •OH and SO4•−. Different factors, such as pH, dose of peroxides and activators, level of pharmaceuticals contamination, and common inorganic anions were found to influence the effectiveness of AOPs. The effectiveness of the AOPs in term of cost and detoxification of target pharmaceuticals suggested to select preferably AOPs which are economical and form non-toxic and/or less toxic products. The different challenges, such as treatment of mixture of pharmaceuticals and treatment in real wastewater which can further increase potential of treatment are discussed.

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  • Photo of  Jibran Iqbal

    Jibran Iqbal

    • Zayed University, P.O. Box 144534, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Photo of  Noor S. Shah

    Noor S. Shah

    • COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus 22060, Pakistan
  • Photo of  Javed Ali

    Javed Ali

    • Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
  • Photo of  Mu. Naushad

    Mu. Naushad

    • King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
  • Photo of  Farrukh Jamil

    Farrukh Jamil

    • University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
  • Photo of  Shamshad Khan

    Shamshad Khan

    • Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang, 641100, China
  • Photo of  Long Li

    Long Li

    • Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China
  • Photo of  Behzad Murtaza

    Behzad Murtaza

    • COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus 61100, Pakistan
  • Photo of  Changseok Han

    Changseok Han

    • INHA University, Incheon 22212, South Korea

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY no. 347,
ISSN: 1383-5866
Language:
English
Publication year:
2024
Bibliographic description:
Iqbal J., Shah N. S., Ali J., Naushad M., Boczkaj G., Jamil F., Khan S., Li L., Murtaza B., Han C.: Pharmaceuticals wastewater treatment via different advanced oxidation processes: Reaction mechanism, operational factors, toxicities, and cost evaluation – A review// SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY -Vol. 347, (2024), s.127458-
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.127458
Sources of funding:
  • Free publication
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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