Enhancement of anaerobic treatment of antibiotic pharmaceutical wastewater through the development of iron-based and carbon-based materials: A critical review.

The extensive use of antibiotics has created an urgent need to address antibiotic wastewater treatment, posing significant challenges for environmental protection and public health. Recent advances in the efficacy and mechanisms of conductive materials (CMs) for enhancing the anaerobic biological treatment of antibiotic pharmaceutical wastewater are reviewed. For the first time, the focus is on the various application forms of iron-based and carbon-based CMs in strengthening the anaerobic methanogenic system.

Long-term evaluating the strengthening effects of iron-carbon mediator for coking wastewater treatment in EGSB reactor.

Coking wastewater (CWW) treatment is difficult due to its complex composition and high biological toxicity. Iron-carbon mediators was used to enhance the treatment of CWW through iron-carbon microelectrolysis (ICME). The results indicated that the removal rate of COD and phenolic compounds were enhanced by 24.

Evaluating performance of nano-FeO modified granular activated carbon assisted wastewater treatment in anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor.

Magnetic granular activated carbon (MGAC), a nano-FeO modified granular activated carbon, was used as the carrier in an anaerobic fluidized-bed membrane bioreactor (AFMBR) to promote domestic wastewater treatment efficiency and alleviate membrane biofouling. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal reached 89 ± 2.6% with the effluent concentration of 20 ± 3.