Removal of pharmaceuticals from municipal wastewater by adsorption onto pyrolyzed pulp mill sludge

A charcoal was produced from primary pulp mill sludge and then used for the adsorptive removal of diclofenac, salicylic acid, ibuprofen and acetaminophen. A main aim was to assess the utilization of this material for the tertiary treatment of sewage. For this purpose, the adsorption of the selected...

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Main Authors: R.N. Coimbra, V. Calisto, C.I.A. Ferreira, V.I. Esteves, M. Otero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Arabian Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535215003299