ASSESSMENT OF POLLUTION PROFILE AND WASTEWATER CONTROL ALTERNATIVES OF A PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Kabdasli I., Ölmez Hancı T., Akgun G., Tünay O.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.28, sa.2, ss.626-632, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Dergi Adı: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.626-632
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study characterization and biological treat ability of tablet production wastewaters of a pharmaceutical industry were assessed. Source-based wastewater characterization of tablet, pastille, effervescent tablets and chewing tablet productions indicated variable strength of wastewaters with COD values between 1030 and 6700 mg/L. Biological treatability studies conducted on these wastewaters showed that the wastewater having BOD/COD ratios above 0.4 could be effectively treated using activated sludge process at 0.21-0.25 g COD/(g VSS d) organic loading. One of the tablet production wastewaters was found to be practically non-biodegradable. Ozonation of this wastewater yielded a limited increase in biodegradability. 60% COD removal could be obtained by biological treatability experiments at organic loadings of 0.06 to 0.1 g COD/(g VSS d) using composite samples prepared as a mixture of ozonized and non-ozonized tablet wastewaters.