Low-cost carbon-based sorbents for the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewaters

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F24%3A00135783" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/24:00135783 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12520/24:43908112

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214714424004136" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214714424004136</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.105181" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.105181</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Low-cost carbon-based sorbents for the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewaters

Original language description

The increasing occurrence of pharmaceuticals in wastewater poses environmental and health risks. This study focuses on developing and evaluating cost-effective carbon sorbents, specifically biochar and graphitic carbon nitride, for efficiently removing pharmaceutical contaminants from 2023 wastewater samples from a treatment plant serving around 300,000 people. The adsorptive capabilities of these materials were evaluated using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for the quantification of pharmaceuticals and their metabolites. Characterization of these sorbents encompassed analyses of their physical and chemical attributes, such as specific surface area, porosity, and functional group composition, thereby aiding in elucidating their adsorption mechanisms. The study revealed a direct correlation between sorption efficacy and specific surface area. The most effective sorbent was identified as a biochar blend, comprising both commercially available corn and wood-derived biochar and laboratory-synthesized biochar from conifer cones. Notably, this sorbent demonstrated exceptional efficiency in reducing concentrations of major pharmaceutical pollutants. The levels of clarithromycin were reduced from 320 ng/L to 30 ng/L, trimethoprim from 160 ng/L to 8.6 ng/L, telmisartan from 1600 ng/L to 66 ng/L, and diclofenac from 880 ng/L to 260 ng/L.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Project

<a href="/en/project/LM2023039" target="_blank" >LM2023039: R&D centre for plasma and nanotechnology surface modifications</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Water Process Engineering

ISSN

2214-7144

e-ISSN

2214-7144

Volume of the periodical

61

Issue of the periodical within the volume

May 2024

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1-13

UT code for WoS article

001227706300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85189871185