8th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (ICOEST 2022) , İstanbul, Türkiye, 18 - 22 Mayıs 2022, ss.1-3
Antibiotics in water are receiving increased
attention due to their biological effects and potential risks to the
environment and human health. Various techniques for the removal of drug active
ingredients from wastewater have been extensively studied, including biological
processes, coagulation, sedimentation, adsorption, ozonization, photo-catalysis,
and photo-electro catalysis. Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, biomedical, personal
care products (PCPs), endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and flame retardants
are very important among anthropogenic contaminants reaching the environment.
Most of the macro and micro pollutants in the hospital wastewater that reach
the urban wastewater treatment systems without any pre-treatment in many places
in our country, reach the recipient environments without being metabolized,
creating long-term serious problems in the water resources. Tetracycline (TC),
which has an important place among these, is one of the most widely used drug
active substances, which has significant effects on human health, and
therefore, appropriate approaches are needed to eliminate it. Among various
antibiotics, TC is widely used to treat human diseases and raise lifeboats
because of its great therapeutic value. As the way of removal; Tetracycline electrochemical
oxidation at titanium anode followed a first order kinetics, but TC removal
efficiency reached 52.8% in 60 minutes. Effective factors on tetracycline
degradation kinetics include current density, pH, and initial TC concentration.
By comprehensively analyzing the effective factors of TC electrochemical
oxidation in titanium anode and the pathway of complete degradation, our
research provides deeper insights by evaluating intermediate and risks and
identifying new perspectives for practical electrochemical oxidation to
effectively eliminate quantity and toxicity.