Ozonation of a Carbamazepine Effluent. Designing the Operational Parameters Under Economic Considerations

Palo, Patricia; Domínguez, Joaquín R.; Sánchez-Martín, Jesús

Ozonation of a Carbamazepine Effluent. Designing the Operational Parameters Under Economic Considerations

2012

Palo, Patricia | Domínguez, Joaquín R. | Sánchez-Martín, Jesús

Ozonation of water effluent polluted with carbamazepine an ubiquitous and refractory pharmaceutical contaminant, has been addressed. This paper aims to optimize the remediation process through novel considerations, such as economical aspects of operational costs. To this end, firstly, we have defined an efficiency variable which included not only global efficacy terms (pollutant removal) but also kinetic aspects, which has to do with the ozonation chemical rate. This target variable was involved in a design of experiments that optimized air flow, ozone concentration, and pollutant initial content. An optimum was obtained at 55 L·h ⁻ ¹, 0.4 g·m³, and 18 mg·L ⁻ ¹ respectively.

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