A comprehensive review on contaminants removal from pharmaceutical wastewater by electrocoagulation process

BK Zaied, M Rashid, M Nasrullah, AW Zularisam… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The pharmaceuticals are emergent contaminants, which can create potential threats for
human health and the environment. All the pharmaceutical contaminants are becoming …

Recent trends in disposal and treatment technologies of emerging-pollutants-A critical review

NA Khan, SU Khan, S Ahmed, IH Farooqi… - TrAC Trends in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently pharmaceuticals are emerging as a major source of pollution for the environment. It
has been well observed that the effluent discharge from hospitals has an eminent quantity of …

Feasibility of partial-denitrification/anammox for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment in a hybrid biofilm reactor

J Zhang, Y Peng, X Li, R Du - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Biological nitrogen removal from pharmaceutical wastewater has drawn increasing attention
due to biotoxicity and inhibition. In this study, for the first time, a novel approach integrating …

Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater: a critical review

X Shi, KY Leong, HY Ng - Bioresource Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical wastewaters are usually produced by chemical-synthetic process, and thus
contain high levels of organic pollutants, biotoxicity and salinity. Anaerobic technology is a …

Biocatalytic remediation of industrial pollutants for environmental sustainability: research needs and opportunities

AK Pandey, VK Gaur, A Udayan, S Varjani, SH Kim… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
An increasing quantum of pollutants from various industrial sector activities represents a
severe menace to environmental & ecological balance. Bioremediation is gaining flow …

The application of UV/O3 process on ciprofloxacin wastewater containing high salinity: Performance and its degradation mechanism

H Liu, Y Gao, J Wang, D Ma, Y Wang, B Gao, Q Yue… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing discharge of high-salinity organic wastewater has drawn much concern. This
work investigated the degradation and mineralization of ciprofloxacin (CIP) in high-salinity …

Sequential anaerobic–aerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater with high salinity

X Shi, O Lefebvre, KK Ng, HY Ng - Bioresource Technology, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, pharmaceutical wastewater with high total dissolved solids (TDSs) and
chemical oxygen demand (COD) content was treated through a sequential anaerobic …

Enhanced digestion of sludge via co-digestion with food waste in a high-solid anaerobic membrane bioreactor: Performance evaluation and microbial response

Y Li, J Ni, H Cheng, G Guo, T Zhang, A Zhu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
A 15 L high-solid mesophilic AnMBR was operated for the digestion of food waste, primary
sludge and excess sludge. The digestion performance was evaluated from the perspective …

Treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater containing β-lactams antibiotics by a pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR)

B Huang, HC Wang, D Cui, B Zhang, ZB Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
A 180 L anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) was operated for 253 days to treat real
pharmaceutical wastewater, which mainly composed of β-lactams antibiotics (BLAs) …

Influence of organic loading rate on ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole biodegradation in anaerobic fixed bed biofilm reactors

RB Carneiro, CM Mukaeda, CA Sabatini… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic compounds, notably sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and ciprofloxacin (CIP), are
ubiquitous emerging contaminants (ECs), which are often found in domestic sewage. They …