Thermal methods of sludge processing-are they suitable for pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs removal from sewage sludge?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12520%2F25%3A43909676" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12520/25:43909676 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-05409-4" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-05409-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-05409-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13399-024-05409-4</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Thermal methods of sludge processing-are they suitable for pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs removal from sewage sludge?
Original language description
The presented work aimed to investigate the effect of thermal treatment on sludge from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the Slovak Republic on the content of pharmaceuticals (PhACs) and illicit drugs. Sludge samples from eight WWTPs (total flows of 6900-62,500 m3/day, number of population equivalents over 40,000 for each WWTP, production of sludge 400-3300 tons DM/year) were treated with thermal processes in the temperature range of 80 to 550 degrees C. More than 100 compounds were studied in the sludge samples, but in this article, we deeply focused on the fate of the thirteen most concentrated and frequently found PhACs (azithromycin, carbamazepine, cetirizine, citalopram and its metabolite N-desmethylcitalopram, diclofenac, fexofenadine, sertraline and its metabolite norsertraline, telmisartan, trazodone, valsartan, and verapamil). The thermal processes used showed a decrease in PhAC concentrations already at 80 degrees C when the total concentration of selected PhACs decreased to 81%. In thermally treated sludge samples at 250 degrees C, only telmisartan at all studied WWTPs and diclofenac at WWTP Banska Bystrica stayed above the limits of quantification (LOQs), while the temperature of 550 degrees C led to a decrease in all thirteen PhACs below LOQs.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20402 - Chemical process engineering
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/QK21020080" target="_blank" >QK21020080: The fate of selected micropollutants, which occur in treated water and sludge from wastewater treatment plants, in soil</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
ISSN
2190-6815
e-ISSN
2190-6823
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
5247-5256
UT code for WoS article
001163536900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-86000375869