Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Pages: 638-641

Journal: CLEAN: Soil, Air, Water

Volume number: 37

Issue number: 8

ISSN: 1863-0650

eISSN: 1863-0669

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.200900040

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
Most conventional wastewater treatment plants remove very small amounts of micropollutants, such as pharmaceuticals. Here, the ability of two different types of submerged nanofiltration flat sheet modules to remove pharmaceuticals from wastewater is analyzed. The two nanofiltration membranes were used at relatively low pressures of only 0.3 and 0.7 bar. At such low pressures, the membranes did not retain salts to a great extent. This is advantageous in wastewater treatment because no salt concentrate is produced. Carbamazepine was retained only slightly by the nanofiltration membranes, whereas approximately 60% of diclofenac and naproxen were retained by both membranes. This level of effectiveness might not be enough to justify the use of such a system as an additional treatment step in wastewater treatment plants.

Harvard Citation style: Rohricht, M., Krisam, J., Weise, U., Kraus, U. and During, R. (2009) Elimination of Carbamazepine, Diclofenac and Naproxen from Treated Wastewater by Nanofiltration, CLEAN: Soil, Air, Water, 37(8), pp. 638-641. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.200900040

APA Citation style: Rohricht, M., Krisam, J., Weise, U., Kraus, U., & During, R. (2009). Elimination of Carbamazepine, Diclofenac and Naproxen from Treated Wastewater by Nanofiltration. CLEAN: Soil, Air, Water. 37(8), 638-641. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.200900040