| Title |
Hormones removal from municipal wastewater using ultrasound
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|---|---|
| Published in |
AMB Express, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13568-018-0621-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Aliakbar Roudbari, Mashallah Rezakazemi |
| Abstract |
Estrogens are one of the micro-pollutants in the wastewater which have detrimental effects on water living organisms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of ultrasound to reduce the estrogen (E1) and 17 beta-estradiol (E2) from municipal wastewater. Hence, a cylindrical batch reactor was designed. The effects of powers, frequency, exposure time and pH on reduction efficiency were investigated. The residual concentration of E1 and E2 hormones was measured in reactor effluent by electrochemiluminescence (ECL) method. The results showed that ultrasound removed 85-96% of both E1 and E2 hormones after 45 min while other parameters changes in the range of their operations. Also, the frequency and power of ultrasound had a significant effect on reduction efficiency of hormones while the exposure had no significant effect. Furthermore, the interaction of power and frequency reduced their efficacy to 64.3% (Pvalue = 0.005). The result also indicated that the ultrasound waves have high ability to reduce Steroid hormones from municipal wastewater. The proposed method can be considered as one of the significant strategies for reduction or destruction of hormones from wastewater due to the non-generation of dangerous by-products and the low energy consumption. |
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| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 10% |
| Researcher | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 7% |
| Professor | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
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| Chemistry | 4 | 6% |
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