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Main Title Enhanced COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) Removal from Pharmaceutical Wastewater Using Powdered Activated Carbon Addition to an Activated Sludge System.
Author Osantowski, D. ; Dempsey, C. R. ; Dostal, K. A. ;
CORP Author Rexnord, Inc., Milwaukee, WI. EnviroEnergy Technology Center.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Water Engineering Research Lab.
Year Published 1985
Report Number EPA-68-02-3928 ;EPA-68-01-6675; EPA/600/D-85/153;
Stock Number PB85-242865
Additional Subjects Drugs ; Industries ; Activated carbon treatment ; Industrial waste treatment ; Waste water ; Fermentation ; Chemical reactions ; Synthesis ; Dosage ; Pilot plants ; Reduction ; Pharmaceutical industry ; Point sources ; Carbon oxygen demand ; Beat practical technology ; Secondary treatment
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Abstract
Wastewater generated by the pharmaceutical manufacturing point source Sub-categories A (Fermentation Products) and C (Chemical Synthesis Products) are characterized by high COD concentrations (10,000 mg/l and higher). Plants in these subcategories typically employ secondary treatment to meet best practicable control technology currently available (BPT). However, COD levels in the effluent discharge usually remain quite high. The objective of the project was to demonstrate, through a continuous pilot plant study, the capability of powdered activated carbon technology to achieve additional COD reductions from pharmaceutical plant wastewater which has been treated biologically. Powdered activated carbon dosages of 208, 496, 327 and 1,520 mg/l were investigated. The paper will discuss these results as well as other important findings from the industrial wastewater research project.