Adsorption of sulfonamides and tylosin on two powdered activated carbons

Author

Liang Yu

Abstract

"Sulfonamides and macrolides are commonly used in medicine or confined animal feeding operations (CAFO). According to USGS stream survey, sulfonamides or macrolides are among the 30 most frequently detected organic contaminants in drinking water sources. Concerns about the antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance have drawn more attentions. Options for removing antibiotics using conventional water treatment processes vary with different situations. Powered activated carbon (PAC) is one of the most promising effective technologies for the treatment of the antibiotics. The purpose of this investigations was to develop isotherms on two common PACs for sulfamethazine (SMZN), sulfathiazole (STZL), sulfamethiazole (SMZL), sulfamethoxazole (SMXZ), and tylosin (TYLS) and generate the coefficients of linear Freundlich and linear Langmuir models. Additionally, the impacts of NOM in surface water and different pHs of aqueous phase were observed"--Abstract, page iv.

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Civil Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Summer 2004

Pagination

x, 100 pages

Rights

© 2004 Liang Yu, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Drinking water -- ContaminationSulfonamidesMacrolide antibioticsCarbon, Activated -- Absorption and adsorption

Thesis Number

T 8598

Print OCLC #

62165482

Recommended Citation

Yu, Liang, "Adsorption of sulfonamides and tylosin on two powdered activated carbons" (2004). Masters Theses. 3617.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/3617