Co-treatment and utilisation of liquid pharmaceutical wastes

Authors

  • Arezoo Mohammad Hosseini
  • Vince Bakos
  • Andrea Jobbágy
  • Gábor Tardy
  • Péter Mizsey
  • Magdolna Makó
  • Antal Tungler
https://doi.org/10.3311/pp.ch.2011-1.01

Abstract

The pharmaceutical industry produces carbon-rich liquid wastes which have been generally qualified as hazardous. A significant proportion of these carbon-rich wastes are currently sent for incineration, although they could be utilised. It was found that the majority of the liquid wastes investigated in this study could be used in biological N-removal as carbon sources for denitrification in domestic wastewater treatment, or for anaerobic biogas production. The volatile content could be separated and the solvents re-utilised, the residual toxic organic compounds could be decomposed by wet oxidation and subsequently sent for biological treatment.

Keywords:

process wastewater, treatment, utilisation, distillation, denitrification, wet oxidation

How to Cite

Mohammad Hosseini, A., Bakos, V., Jobbágy, A., Tardy, G., Mizsey, P., Makó, M. “Co-treatment and utilisation of liquid pharmaceutical wastes”, Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering, 55(1), pp. 3–10, 2011. https://doi.org/10.3311/pp.ch.2011-1.01

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