Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) are the basis of the active ingredients of pharmaceuticals. Their production process often involves complex chemical reactions and separation and purification steps, generating large amounts of wastewater. These wastewaters typically have high concentrations of organic matter (measured by chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total organic carbon (TOC), contain structurally stable and difficult-to-biodegrade API molecules themselves and their production intermediates, and have high chroma, high salt content, and exhibit significant biological toxicity, resulting in generally poor biodegradability (BOD5/CODcr ratio).
Ultraviolet light/hydrogen peroxide (UV/H₂O₂) combined technology utilizes ultraviolet light of a specific wavelength to irradiate hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), triggering the decomposition of H₂O₂ molecules to produce highly reactive hydroxyl radicals (OH). The strong oxidizing properties and non-selectivity of OH radicals enable them to effectively destroy the chemical structure of API molecules and their complex intermediates, gradually breaking them down into small molecules and eventually mineralizing them into CO2, H₂O, and inorganic salts, thereby degrading pollutants.
UV/H2O2 technology demonstrates excellent degradation of a variety of typical APIs, including antibiotics, hormones, phenolic compounds, nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds, and some organic solvents (such as dichloromethane (DCM)).
The process flow for UV/H₂O₂ treatment of API pharmaceutical wastewater is as follows:
UV Hydrogen Peroxide Advanced Oxidation Process: Pretreatment, UV/H₂O₂ Reaction, and Post-treatment
· Pretreatment Stage
Grids and Screens: Remove large suspended and floating solids.
Equalization Tank: Evenly distributes water volume and quality, and buffers pH fluctuations.
Coagulation/Sedimentation/Flotation: Removes fine particles and improves UV transmittance.
· UV/H₂O₂ Reaction Unit
Reactor: Typically constructed of stainless steel or other materials with good UV and H₂O₂ resistance, the reactor is equipped with a UV lamp (either a low-pressure, high-intensity mercury lamp or a medium-pressure mercury lamp).
H₂O₂ Dosing and Control: Hydrogen peroxide solution is precisely dosed to the reactor inlet or reaction zone via a metering pump.
·Subsequent Treatment Stages
H₂O₂ Removal
pH Neutralization and Biological Treatment
Advanced Treatment
Customer Benefits of UV/H₂O₂ Treatment of API Pharmaceutical Wastewater:
Improves and Controls the Wastewater's Biodegradability (BOD₅/COD₃) Ratio
Rapidly Reduces Wastewater Biotoxicity
Ensures Production Continuity and Easily Achieves Regulatory Compliance
Empowers Green Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Reactivity and Easy Control and Operation
Low Overall Operating Costs
High Process Operational Flexibility
CLEAR中压紫外
ONYX-Clear-SZ管道式中压紫外消毒器,采用中压多谱段紫外灯,不仅实现DNA/RNA的破坏,同时破坏其细胞内的酶及蛋白质,杀菌更为彻底。用于消毒杀菌和降解水中亚硝基二甲胺、1,4-二噁烷、内分泌干扰物(EDCs)、残留农药、蓝藻毒素、GSM(土臭素)和2-MIB(二甲基异茨醇)等有毒微污染物质。
另外,将O3、H2O2等氧化剂与紫外光结合,如UV-O3、UV-H2O2等工艺,可以用于处理污水中CC14、多氨联苯等难降解物质和有机物的氧化去除。
MOM板式臭氧发生器
MOM系列大型臭氧发生器具备高效的板式臭氧发生系统,简约的高端装配模块设计,稳定的电源系统放电模块,均匀的放电模块冷却单元,精细的瓷介电体加工工艺,便捷的工程施工组织安装,保证设备输出的臭氧浓度及效率。设备具有低能耗、高浓度、高功率密度、高可靠性、易用性、智能化等特点,广泛应用于饮用水处理、中水污水处理、水产养殖及水产品加工、游泳池消毒、工业的氧化漂白、垃圾渗滤液的处理等领域。
UV-AOP高级氧化
紫外高级氧化技术(UV-AOP)是一种利用紫外线辐射引发氧化反应的环境友好型技术。其核心在于利用紫外光激发氧化剂产生强氧化能力的自由基,进而降解有机物和无机污染物,具有高效、环保、无二次污染等特点。根据不同的氧化剂种类,紫外高级氧化技术可分为多种系统,其中最为常见的包括UV/过氧化氢、UV/臭氧、UV/氯等系统。
ONYX-Clear-SZ-AOP 可以作为UV-AOP技术的紫外光源。这款紫外线高级氧化系统可用于分解亚硝基二甲胺、1,4-二噁烷、内分泌干扰物(EDCs)、残留农药、蓝藻毒素、GSM(土臭素)和2-MIB(二甲基异茨醇)等有毒微污染物质。
光解
紫外光解通常是指利用紫外线(UV)照射来分解物质(尤其是污染物)的技术。
某些物质(特别是有机污染物)的分子键能被特定波长的紫外线(通常是短波长的 UV-C,如 254 nm)直接打断,发生裂解反应,分解成更小的分子、自由基或最终矿化为 CO₂ 和 H₂O,这被称为直接光解。主要可用于超纯水去除TOC、纯化水RO膜前余氯脱除及消毒、游泳池与水景中氯铵分解及消毒。
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