Publication detail

Use of advanced oxidation processes for water treatment

ŠVESTKOVÁ, T. MACSEK, T. LANDOVÁ, P. ÚTERSKÝ, M. VÁVROVÁ, M. HLAVÍNEK, P.

Original Title

Use of advanced oxidation processes for water treatment

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper investigates removal efficiencies of ozone and hydrogen peroxide based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) on pharmaceuticals (antibiotics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) in water solution, which are commonly presented in outflow of wastewater treatment plant. It is proved that AOPs are able to satisfactory remove these substances from water and interrupt its entrance to aquatic environment. Balance between removal efficiencies and costs is the main issue of current research into removing xenobiotics from wastewaters. To investigate justification of using costlier processes for reaching higher effectivity, sets of trials were performed. Artificially contaminated drinking water matrix was treated by various combinations of AOPs (O3, H2O2, UV, O3/UV, H2O2/UV, O3/H2O2) in flow through AOPs pilot unit. Evaluation of removal efficiencies for each AOPs combination was made. Study proves that AOPs are capable of pharmaceuticals removal, especially ozone-based processes which showed very high rate in removal of studied substances in comparison to hydrogen peroxide-based processes. However, coupling ozone with UV or hydrogen peroxide did not result in significant increase of pollutant removal and justification of higher costs is debatable.

Keywords

advanced oxidation processes, water treatment, antibiotics, liquid chromatography

Authors

ŠVESTKOVÁ, T.; MACSEK, T.; LANDOVÁ, P.; ÚTERSKÝ, M.; VÁVROVÁ, M.; HLAVÍNEK, P.

Released

1. 2. 2019

Publisher

2-s2.0-85075325308

ISBN

1018-4619

Periodical

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Year of study

28

Number

2

State

Federal Republic of Germany

Pages from

831

Pages to

836

Pages count

6

URL

https://www.prt-parlar.de/download_feb_2019/

BibTex

@article{BUT155829,
  author="Tereza {Tulková} and Tomáš {Macsek} and Pavlína {Landová} and Michal {Úterský} and Milada {Vávrová} and Petr {Hlavínek}",
  title="Use of advanced oxidation processes for water treatment",
  journal="Fresenius Environmental Bulletin",
  year="2019",
  volume="28",
  number="2",
  pages="831--836",
  issn="1018-4619",
  url="https://www.prt-parlar.de/download_feb_2019/"
}