dc.contributor.author | Rizzo, L. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Meric, S. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Guida, M. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Fatta-Kassinos, Despo | en |
dc.contributor.author | Belgiorno, V. | en |
dc.creator | Rizzo, L. | en |
dc.creator | Meric, S. | en |
dc.creator | Guida, M. | en |
dc.creator | Fatta-Kassinos, Despo | en |
dc.creator | Belgiorno, V. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-18T06:19:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-18T06:19:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/45944 | |
dc.description.abstract | Degradation kinetics and mineralization of an urban wastewater treatment plant effluent contaminated with a mixture of pharmaceutical compounds composed of amoxicillin (10mg L−1), carbamazepine (5mg L−1) and diclofenac (2.5mg L−1) by TiO2 photocatalysis were investigated. The photocatalytic effect was investigated using both spiked distilled water and actual wastewater solutions. The process efficiency was evaluated through UV absorbance and TOC measurements. A set of bioassays (Daphnia magna, Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata and Lepidium sativum) was performed to evaluate the potential toxicity of the oxidation intermediates. A pseudo-first order kinetic model was found to fit well the experimental data. The mineralization rate (TOC) of the wastewater contaminated with the pharmaceuticals was found to be really slow (t1/2=86.6 min) compared to that of the same pharmaceuticals spiked in distilled water (t1/2=46.5min). The results from the toxicity tests of single pharmaceuticals, their mixture and the wastewater matrix spiked with the pharmaceuticals displayed a general accordance between the responses of the freshwater aquatic species (P. subscapitata>D. magna). In general the photocatalytic treatment did not completely reduce the toxicity under the investigated conditions (maximum catalyst loading and irradiation time 0.8g TiO2 L−1 and 120min respectively). " | en |
dc.source | Water Research | en |
dc.subject | Titanium dioxide | en |
dc.subject | Diclofenac | en |
dc.subject | Advanced oxidation processes | en |
dc.subject | Ecotoxicity | en |
dc.subject | Amoxicillin | en |
dc.subject | Carbamazepine | en |
dc.title | Heterogenous photocatalytic degradation kinetics and detoxification of an urban wastewater treatment plant effluent contaminated with pharmaceuticals | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.046 | |
dc.description.volume | 43 | |
dc.description.issue | 16 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 4070 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 4078 | |
dc.author.faculty | Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / Faculty of Engineering | |
dc.author.department | Τμήμα Πολιτικών Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Περιβάλλοντος / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Fatta-Kassinos, Despo [0000-0003-1173-0941] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0003-1173-0941 | |