Title :
Degradation of pharmaceutical residues in water by pulsed corona discharges — Investigation of reaction mechanism
Author :
Banaschik, Robert ; Kolb, Juergen F. ; Miron, Camelia ; Weltmann, KlausDieter ; Lukes, Petr ; Bednarski, Patrick ; Shuang Yu ; Jue Zhang ; Jing Fang
Author_Institution :
Bioelectrics, Leibniz Inst. for Plasma Sci. & Technol., Greifswald, Germany
Abstract :
The steady increase of concentrations of pharmaceutical residues in water reservoirs is of growing concern. Abatement strategies, such as filtration and biodegradation, which are used in conventional water treatment procedures, have only limited success for removal.
Keywords :
discharges (electric); pharmaceuticals; reservoirs; water resources; water treatment; abatement strategy; pharmaceutical residues; pulsed corona discharge; reaction mechanism; water reservoirs; water treatment; Chemistry; Corona; Degradation; Pharmaceuticals; Physics; Plasmas; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Sciences (ICOPS), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Antalya
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2015.7180021
