Treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater by advanced oxidation process (AOP)

• Main Authors: Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan, Sallis, Paul
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8377/2/S.Chelliapan-ASIAWATER_2008.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8377/

Advanced oxidation process (AOP) is defined as aqueous phase oxidation processes which are based primarily on the intermediacy of the hydroxyl radical in the mechanism resulting in the destruction of the target pollutant. AOP have been applied to refractory organic pollutants and xenobiotics found i...