Health and environment
Mousa Aminivafa; Ahmad Allahabadi; Golamreza Moussavi; Hosein Fahimi
Volume 28, Issue 6 , January and February 2022, , Pages 838-849
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Antibiotics, comprising a significant amount of pharmaceutical compounds, are used as human and veterinary treatments . these antibiotics come to appear as contaminantoin soil, surface water, groundwater, and even drinkingwater.Advanced oxidation processes such as catalytic ...
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Background and Objectives: Antibiotics, comprising a significant amount of pharmaceutical compounds, are used as human and veterinary treatments . these antibiotics come to appear as contaminantoin soil, surface water, groundwater, and even drinkingwater.Advanced oxidation processes such as catalytic ozonation are effective to remove the antibiotics form water and wastewaterThe aim of this study was to investigate the efficiency of Catalytic Ozonation Process for tetracycline antibiotics removal from contaminated watersMaterial and method:In this design, an ozonation pilot with a volume of 200 cc was used. In each experiment, the tetracycline solution was poured into the desired concentration, the pH of the sample was adjusted with sulfuric acid and NaOH. At different times of 5 to 30 minutes and different pHs of 2 to 10 ozonation was performed at the dose of 0.8 mg/min. Then, under these conditions, ozonation was performed in the presence of activated carbon catalyst and a sample was discharged from the pilot and analyzed (HPLC) to determine the remaining tetracycline.Results:The results showed that under optimum conditions of pH= 8 and ozone dose of 0.8 mg / min and contact time of 30 minutes ozonation only eliminated 59% of tetracycline and in the same conditions catalytic ozonation with 0.01 g/L carbon. The Calligonum comosum tree was able to remove 100% tetracycline in 30 minutes.Conclusion: The results of this study showed that carbon catalyzed ozonation from wood Calligonum comosum waste can be used as an advanced treatment method.