Fungal Treatment of Pharmaceuticals in Effluents Current State, Perspectives, Limitations, and Opportunities

For fungal treatment of wastewater, three types of reactors can be identified with regard to the mode of reactant contact: batch reactors, semi-batch reactors, and flow reactors. A combination of fungal treatment and filtration yields higher pharmacologically active organic micropollutants (PhACs) r...

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Published inLife Cycle Assessment of Wastewater Treatment pp. 139 - 170
Main Authors Jahandideh, Arash, Mardani, Sara, McDaniel, Rachel, Bleakley, Bruce, Anderson, Gary
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom CRC Press 2018
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
Subjects
Pharmaceutical Wastes
Hydrodynamic Cavitation
LCSA
Aeration Regime
WWTP Influent
Sewage Sludge
Conventional WWTPs
Membrane Bioreactors
Distillery Wastewater
LiP
Reactor Configuration
Hospital Effluent
WWTP Effluent
Fungal Species
Non-sterile Conditions
NPX
Lca Study
Fungal Treatment
Clofibric Acid
Lipid Regulators
Semi-batch Reactors
Cytochrome P450 Oxidases
Raw Sewage Sludge
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Summary:For fungal treatment of wastewater, three types of reactors can be identified with regard to the mode of reactant contact: batch reactors, semi-batch reactors, and flow reactors. A combination of fungal treatment and filtration yields higher pharmacologically active organic micropollutants (PhACs) removal and is feasible by employing fungal treatment with membrane bioreactors. Hospital effluent can be considered as one of the main contributors to the presence of PhACs in the influent of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The emerging alternative treatment of pharmaceutical compounds in WWTP effluent is a biological method based on the employment of bioremediation techniques. To establish an ecologically sustainable WWTP, a comprehensive assessment of available options is necessary to meet different standards from a life cycle perspective. The PhACs in the influent of WWTPs present a broad variety of compounds with different concentrations ranging from several milligrams per liter to ultra-trace concentrations of nanograms per liter.
ISBN:9781138055179
1138055174
DOI:10.1201/9781315165820-8