Feasibility of an electrochemical pre-treatment prior to a biological treatment for tetracycline removal

Enhancement of the biodegradability of a mixture of dyes (methylene blue and basic yellow 28) using the electrochemical process on a glassy carbon electrode

“…[10][11][12][13][14]. To remediate groundwater contaminated by such non-biodegradable organic compounds, direct and indirect electrochemical processes can be implemented [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]; while biological processes which are the most cost-effective appear not always relevant for the remediation of such recalcitrant compounds [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

Electrocatalytic reduction of metronidazole using titanocene/Nafion®-modified graphite felt electrode

“…The aim is to obtain less toxic and more biodegradable intermediates, giving rise to a complete mineralization after a subsequent biological treatment. A lot of studies have highlighted the possibility to use combined processes for the removal of non-biodegradable pollutants such as pesticides [1, 4-6, 9, 11, 13-15], dyes [7,10] and pharmaceuticals [3,8,12,[16][17][18][19].…”

“…Several studies on the use of these methods to achieve the pretreatment of recalcitrant pollutants have been carried out. They have shown their efficiency for the removal of several recalcitrant molecules such as phosmet an organophosphorous insecticide [14], a chlorinated phenoxy herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid [6,9,13] and extensively used antibiotics such as sulfamethazine [19] and tetracycline [17].…”

Comprehensive evaluation of adsorption and degradation of tetracycline and oxytetracycline by nanoscale zero-valent iron

“…Some sludge bacteria, and non-target organisms such as Daphnia magna in aqueous environment [8][9][10]. Moreover, due to resistance of these compounds against conventional treatment processes, alternative methods such as ultraviolet radiation, ozonation, photocatalysis, photolysis, electrochemical treatment alone or prior to a biological treatment for complete removal have been intensively studied by various researchers [11][12][13][14]. On the other hand, a number of materials, such as powdered active carbon, magnetite nanoparticles, singleand multi-walled carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, goethite, and palygorskite, have been examined in removal of TCs [15][16][17][18][19][20].…”