Removal of antibiotics from wastewaters by membrane technology: Limitations, successes, and future improvements


Nasrollahi N., Vatanpour V., Khataee A.

Science of the Total Environment, cilt.838, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 838
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156010
  • Dergi Adı: Science of the Total Environment
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Analytical Abstracts, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Geobase, Greenfile, MEDLINE, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Antibiotic removal, AOPs, Enzymatic membrane, Hybrid systems, MBR, Pharmaceuticals, DRINKING-WATER TREATMENT, ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS, TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS, POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON, MUNICIPAL WASTE-WATER, NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANE, PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION, NITROIMIDAZOLE ANTIBIOTICS, PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES, EMERGING MICROPOLLUTANTS
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2022 Elsevier B.V.Antibiotics and related pharmaceuticals are applied to enhance public health and life quality. A major environmental concern is wastewaters from pharmaceutical industries, which contain significant amounts of antibiotics. Pharmaceutical industries apply conventional processes (biological, filtration, coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation) for wastewater treatment, but these approaches cannot remove antibiotics completely. Moreover, unmetabolized antibiotics released by humans and animals are dangerous for municipal and effluent wastewater. Besides, antibiotic resistance is another challenge in treatment of wastewater for superbugs. This comprehensive study summarizes different techniques for antibiotic removal with an emphasis on membrane technology in individual and hybrid systems such as chemical, physical, biological, and conditional-based strategies. A combination of membrane processes with advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), adsorption, and biological treatments can be the right solution for perfect removal. Furthermore, this review briefly compares different procedures for antibiotic removal, which can be helpful for further studies with their advantages and drawbacks.