scholarly journals Removal of pharmaceuticals from human urine during storage, aerobic biological treatment, and activated carbon adsorption to produce a safe fertilizer

2021 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 105341
Author(s):  
Birge D. Özel Duygan ◽  
Kai M. Udert ◽  
Annette Remmele ◽  
Christa S. McArdell
1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (7-9) ◽  
pp. 1687-1694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Takeuchi ◽  
Y. Suzuki ◽  
A. Koizumi ◽  
N. Soeda

A comprehensive study was undertaken to clarify the method of reducing trihalomethane and its precursors from river and lake water in view of drinking water purification. Sources of water were chosen among lakes and rivers in Eastern Japan and biological treatment and coagulative precipitation of the water samples were carried out prior to activated carbon adsorption. A strong relation was shown between TOC and THMFP of raw and treated samples, and the relation changed due to the extent of biological treatment. Though the chemical structure of substances which may cause trihalomethane formation is not clear, the content of ammoniacal nitrogen is responsible for the reduction of trihalomethane formation produced by the addition of chlorine. However, this does not mean that the reduction of chlorine dose can be achieved simply by the process of biological treatment.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Peyrelasse ◽  
Matthieu Jacob ◽  
Audrey Lallement

Abstract The presence of micropollutants in the environment is today of major concern. These pollutants could have long-term impacts on the environment and on population health. Biological treatment of wastewater is generally insufficient to allow their complete elimination. The establishment of efficient treatments is then needed to degrade the refractory organic matter. Activated carbon adsorption, membrane filtration and oxidation processes are common suitable solutions. All of them have advantages and are effective to treat wastewaters but drawbacks are well known such as waste production, energy consumption or by-products formation. This study aims at defining a strategy to choose the best option according to the nature of the wastewater and the treatment objectives. A methodology was designed for the rating of theses processes to choose the best strategy regarding environmental, technical and economic criteria. A simulation of three wastewater treatment scenarios was carried out to compare the costs of ozonation, adsorption and reverse osmosis. According to the result obtained, a decision tree is proposed to define the best option for a tertiary treatment to reach reuse or discharge objectives.


1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 221-233
Author(s):  
Shimshon Belkin ◽  
Asher Brenner ◽  
Alon Lebel ◽  
Aharon Abeliovich

A case study is presented, in which two approaches to the treatment of complex chemical wastewater are experimentally compared: an end-of-pipe “best available technology” option and an in-plant source segregation program. Both options proved to be feasible. Application of the powdered activated carbon treatment (PACT™) process for the combined end-of-pipe stream yielded up to 93% reduction of dissolved organic carbon, with complete toxicity elimination. In order to examine the potential for applying a conventional activated sludge process, a simplified laboratory screening procedure was devised, aimed at establishing baseline data of removability potential, defined either by biodegradation, activated carbon adsorption or volatilization. Using this procedure, the major source of the non-biodegradable fraction in the combined park's wastewater was traced to a single factory, from which twelve individual source streams were screened. The results allowed the division of the tested sources into three groups: degradable, volatile, and problematic. A modified wastewater segregation and treatment program was accordingly proposed, which should allow an efficient and environmentally acceptable solution. This program is presently at its final testing stages, at the conclusion of which a full comparison between the two approaches will be carried out.


1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1841-1851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois J. Uranowski ◽  
Charles H. Tessmer ◽  
Radisav D. Vidic

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 4956-4959
Author(s):  
Jian Chao Hao ◽  
Hui Fen Liu ◽  
Dong Ling Wei ◽  
Li Jun Shi ◽  
Jun Li Li ◽  
...  

The relationship between formaldehyde emission and time was researched and a mathematical model was developed which describes the variation of formaldehyde with time in the airtight chamber. It was found that high quality composite floor was in line with 0-order kinetic equation and low quality composite floor was in line with 1-order kinetic equation. Besides, the effect of activated carbon adsorption on formaldehyde was studied and the result showed that activated carbon had poor adsorption on formaldehyde for weak van der waals force.


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