Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactors

Autores
Delgado Espinosa, Nasly Yanid; Navarro, Agustín Fernando; Marino, Damián José Gabriel; Peñuela, Gustavo A.; Ronco, Alicia Estela
Año de publicación
2019
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inglés
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New emerging contaminants are being released into the environment. Some of these are not removed in conventional wastewater treatment plants. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate a pilot-scale rotating biological contactor (RBC) as a technology applicable to the removal of emerging pollutants. The work focused on two pharmaceutical compounds in particular (carbamazepine and sildenafil citrate) and a personal care product (methylparaben). The behavior of the system was evaluated for the individual addition and mixture of the three compounds, using organic loads similar to those of secondary and tertiary treatment effluent. The working flow rate was 70 mL/min, and the concentration of the compounds was 200 μg/L. The organic load was evaluated at different times. Dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity and pH were measured in situ on each sampling. Removal efficiencies greater than 98% were achieved for methylparaben, but less than 20% for pharmaceuticals. The average removal efficiency was 95% for the organic matter in the different tests. In this investigation, it was observed that the RBC allowed the effective removal of emerging contaminants which have flat molecular geometry and essential chemical elements, such as methylparaben. However, its effectiveness was poor in removing contaminants formed from more complex structures such as carbamazepine and sildenafil citrate. The operational stability of the system was not affected when these compounds were incorporated in amounts similar to those found in wastewater.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Centro de Investigaciones del Medioambiente
Facultad de Ingeniería
Materia
Ciencias Exactas
Química
Biodegradation
Biofilm
Carbamazepine
Emerging contaminants
Methylparaben
Sildenafil citrate
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spelling Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactorsDelgado Espinosa, Nasly YanidNavarro, Agustín FernandoMarino, Damián José GabrielPeñuela, Gustavo A.Ronco, Alicia EstelaCiencias ExactasQuímicaBiodegradationBiofilmCarbamazepineEmerging contaminantsMethylparabenSildenafil citrateNew emerging contaminants are being released into the environment. Some of these are not removed in conventional wastewater treatment plants. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate a pilot-scale rotating biological contactor (RBC) as a technology applicable to the removal of emerging pollutants. The work focused on two pharmaceutical compounds in particular (carbamazepine and sildenafil citrate) and a personal care product (methylparaben). The behavior of the system was evaluated for the individual addition and mixture of the three compounds, using organic loads similar to those of secondary and tertiary treatment effluent. The working flow rate was 70 mL/min, and the concentration of the compounds was 200 μg/L. The organic load was evaluated at different times. Dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity and pH were measured in situ on each sampling. Removal efficiencies greater than 98% were achieved for methylparaben, but less than 20% for pharmaceuticals. The average removal efficiency was 95% for the organic matter in the different tests. In this investigation, it was observed that the RBC allowed the effective removal of emerging contaminants which have flat molecular geometry and essential chemical elements, such as methylparaben. However, its effectiveness was poor in removing contaminants formed from more complex structures such as carbamazepine and sildenafil citrate. The operational stability of the system was not affected when these compounds were incorporated in amounts similar to those found in wastewater.Facultad de Ciencias ExactasCentro de Investigaciones del MedioambienteFacultad de Ingeniería2019-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf1-10http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127809enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1735-1472info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1735-2630info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s13762-018-1658-2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:30:58Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/127809Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:30:59.135SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactors
title Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactors
spellingShingle Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactors
Delgado Espinosa, Nasly Yanid
Ciencias Exactas
Química
Biodegradation
Biofilm
Carbamazepine
Emerging contaminants
Methylparaben
Sildenafil citrate
title_short Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactors
title_full Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactors
title_fullStr Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactors
title_full_unstemmed Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactors
title_sort Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from domestic wastewater using rotating biological contactors
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Delgado Espinosa, Nasly Yanid
Navarro, Agustín Fernando
Marino, Damián José Gabriel
Peñuela, Gustavo A.
Ronco, Alicia Estela
author Delgado Espinosa, Nasly Yanid
author_facet Delgado Espinosa, Nasly Yanid
Navarro, Agustín Fernando
Marino, Damián José Gabriel
Peñuela, Gustavo A.
Ronco, Alicia Estela
author_role author
author2 Navarro, Agustín Fernando
Marino, Damián José Gabriel
Peñuela, Gustavo A.
Ronco, Alicia Estela
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Química
Biodegradation
Biofilm
Carbamazepine
Emerging contaminants
Methylparaben
Sildenafil citrate
topic Ciencias Exactas
Química
Biodegradation
Biofilm
Carbamazepine
Emerging contaminants
Methylparaben
Sildenafil citrate
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv New emerging contaminants are being released into the environment. Some of these are not removed in conventional wastewater treatment plants. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate a pilot-scale rotating biological contactor (RBC) as a technology applicable to the removal of emerging pollutants. The work focused on two pharmaceutical compounds in particular (carbamazepine and sildenafil citrate) and a personal care product (methylparaben). The behavior of the system was evaluated for the individual addition and mixture of the three compounds, using organic loads similar to those of secondary and tertiary treatment effluent. The working flow rate was 70 mL/min, and the concentration of the compounds was 200 μg/L. The organic load was evaluated at different times. Dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity and pH were measured in situ on each sampling. Removal efficiencies greater than 98% were achieved for methylparaben, but less than 20% for pharmaceuticals. The average removal efficiency was 95% for the organic matter in the different tests. In this investigation, it was observed that the RBC allowed the effective removal of emerging contaminants which have flat molecular geometry and essential chemical elements, such as methylparaben. However, its effectiveness was poor in removing contaminants formed from more complex structures such as carbamazepine and sildenafil citrate. The operational stability of the system was not affected when these compounds were incorporated in amounts similar to those found in wastewater.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Centro de Investigaciones del Medioambiente
Facultad de Ingeniería
description New emerging contaminants are being released into the environment. Some of these are not removed in conventional wastewater treatment plants. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate a pilot-scale rotating biological contactor (RBC) as a technology applicable to the removal of emerging pollutants. The work focused on two pharmaceutical compounds in particular (carbamazepine and sildenafil citrate) and a personal care product (methylparaben). The behavior of the system was evaluated for the individual addition and mixture of the three compounds, using organic loads similar to those of secondary and tertiary treatment effluent. The working flow rate was 70 mL/min, and the concentration of the compounds was 200 μg/L. The organic load was evaluated at different times. Dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity and pH were measured in situ on each sampling. Removal efficiencies greater than 98% were achieved for methylparaben, but less than 20% for pharmaceuticals. The average removal efficiency was 95% for the organic matter in the different tests. In this investigation, it was observed that the RBC allowed the effective removal of emerging contaminants which have flat molecular geometry and essential chemical elements, such as methylparaben. However, its effectiveness was poor in removing contaminants formed from more complex structures such as carbamazepine and sildenafil citrate. The operational stability of the system was not affected when these compounds were incorporated in amounts similar to those found in wastewater.
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