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Ionizing radiation for treatment of pharmaceutical compounds: A review

Journal of Water Process Engineering

Madureira, Joana; Melo, Rita; Cabo Verde, Sandra — 2022 — Elsevier

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Authors:

Madureira, Joana (Joana Filipa de Paiva dos Santos Madureira); Melo, Rita (Rita Lourenço Paiva de Melo); Margaça, Fernanda M.A. (Fernanda Maria Amaro Margaça); Cabo Verde, Sandra (Sandra Isabel Silva Damas Cabo Verde)

Published in

October 2022

Abstract

The interest on developing and implementing emerging wastewater treatment processes over the last years has been growing. In this way, ionizing radiation appeared as an alternative technology to reduce the treatment costs, with the advantage of being a physical method with no addition of chemicals, in which the organic compounds can be degraded by both oxidation and reduction ways. The aim of this review is to demonstrate the feasibility of ionizing radiation technologies for the treatment of pharmaceutical compounds in wastewaters. Compared to other processes, this technology can provide reliable and safer operation and can be combined with other ones to enhance the degradation and detoxification of pharmaceutical pollutants.

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Publication version

AO - Author's Original

Publisher

Elsevier

Title of the publication container

Journal of Water Process Engineering

First page or article number

103179

Volume

49

ISSN

2214-7144

DOI

10.1016/J.JWPE.2022.103179

WoS (Web of Science)

874676000001

Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)

chemical-sciences - Chemical sciences

Keywords

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Ionizing radiation
  • Radiolytic degradation
  • Wastewater treatment

Publication language (ISO code)

eng - English

Alternative identifier (URI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103179

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