Fate of pharmaceuticals during membrane bioreactor treatment: Status and perspectives

Y Gu, J Huang, G Zeng, L Shi, Y Shi, K Yi - Bioresource Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals in surface waters and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) as emerging
pollutants have become a major concern. In comparison with other wastewater treatments …

Analysis and removal of pharmaceutical residues from wastewater using membrane bioreactors: a review

C Femina Carolin, P Senthil Kumar… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Pharmaceutical compounds such antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, psychotropics, human
drugs, hormones, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, veterinary drugs and steroids occur …

Effect of hydraulic retention time on the performance of a hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor-membrane bioreactor system for micropollutants removal from municipal …

Q Jiang, HH Ngo, LD Nghiem, FI Hai, WE Price… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study evaluated micropollutants removal and membrane fouling behaviour of a hybrid
moving bed biofilm reactor-membrane bioreactor (MBBR-MBR) system at four different …

Removal and fate of emerging organic micropollutants (EOMs) in municipal wastewater by a pilot-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) treatment under varying solid …

K Gurung, MC Ncibi, M Sillanpää - Science of The Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigates the removal and fate of 23 emerging organic micropollutants (EOMs)
including a wide range of pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, β-blockers, analgesics, diuretics …

New biobased chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/graphene oxide derivatives for the removal of pharmaceutical compounds from aqueous mixtures

N Malesic-Eleftheriadou, DG Trikkaliotis… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The main scope of this study is synthesis, characterization and implementation of new bio-
based chitosan derivatives for the removal by adsorption of pharmaceutical mixtures from …

Pesticides removal from industrial wastewater by a membrane bioreactor and post-treatment with either activated carbon, reverse osmosis or ozonation

TS de Almeida Lopes, R Hessler, C Bohner… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of a pilot membrane bioreactor
(MBR) to treat effluents from a fruit processing factory, for the removal of pesticides, on its …

Gaseous emissions from sewage sludge combustion in a moving bed combustor

L Batistella, V Silva, RC Suzin, E Virmond, CA Althoff… - Waste Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Substantial increase in sewage sludge generation in recent years requires suitable
destination for this residue. This study evaluated the gaseous emissions generated during …

Adsorption performance of magnetic mesoporous silica microsphere support toward the remediation of acetaminophen from aqueous solution

R Natarajan, S Venkataraman, DS Rajendran… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnetic mesoporous silica microspheres (MSMS) were prepared in the present study and
the removal of acetaminophen from aqueous solution by the MSMS was evaluated. The …

Tracking drugged waters from various sources to drinking water—its persistence, environmental risk assessment, and removal techniques

D Phukan, V Kumar - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Pharmaceuticals have become a major concern due to their nature of persistence and
accumulation in the environment. Very few studies have been performed relating to its …

The performance and degradation mechanism of sulfamethazine from wastewater using IFAS-MBR

H Hou, L Duan, B Zhou, Y Tian, J Wei, F Qian - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Sulfamethazine (SMZ) is an important sulfonamide antibiotic. Although the concentration in
the environment is small, it is harmful. The drug residues can be transferred, transformed or …