Pharmaceuticals & Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
Challenges In The Pharma And Biotech Industries
The pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries generates wastewater containing a variety of chemical compounds. Pharmaceuticals are designed to be biologically active ingredients (also known as API’s). Some are easily dealt with by biological treatment methods, while other wastewaters contain chemicals that are toxic, environmentally harmful, and biologically non-degradable.
There is an urgent and growing need to remove hardly degradable drug residues in the wastewater streams from the pharmaceuticals and biotech industries. Environmental regulations for these industries are expected to tighten in the coming years. Hence, the pharmaceuticals and biotech industries will need efficient and cost-effective solutions that can ensure compliance with upcoming regulatory requirements.
Aquarden’s Cleantech Solution for Your wastewater
Aquarden is a market-leading specialist in the development and delivery of environmentally friendly systems for treating toxic and organic wastewater streams.
Our SuperOx® SCWO-system completely destroys hardly-degradable, persistent and toxic substances in wastewater streams from the pharmaceuticals and biotech industry – at competitive prices – leaving the treated water so clean that it can be discharged to a receiving water body, or perhaps even reused as process water. As there is a high organic content in the wastewater our SCWO technology will generate more heat, than it consumes.
We work closely with our customers in all phases of wastewater challenge resolution. A solution from us may include initial performance tests on your wastewater, process design, installation and support – all to ensure that you get the right system for your application.
Contact us to hear more about our SuperOx® SCWO-system: A cost-effective treatment of ‘problematic’ wastewater streams from the pharmaceutical & biotech industry.
Purification Results
Our SCWO technology destroys all organic compounds and endocrine disruptors from pharmaceuticals wastewater streams. All organics are completely destroyed. Below are a list of some of the drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) we have successfully eliminated:
Therapeutic use: Painkillers, antibiotic, cancer treatment, endocrine therapy, anti fungal, contrast media, antidepressant etc
Drugs: Amidotrizoic Acid, Amiloride, Atorvastatin, Azithromycin, Bisoprolol, Capecitabine, Carbamazepine, Cefalexin, Cefazolin, Cefotaxime, Cilastatin, Ciprofloxacin, Citalopram, Clarithromycin, Climbazole, Clindamycin, Cyclophosphamide, Diclofenac, Enalapril, Erythromycin, Hydrocortisone, Ibuprofen, Ifosfamide, Iohexol, Iomeprol, Iopamidol, Iopromide, Ioversol, Losartan, Mefenamic acid, Metoprolol, Metronidazole, Mirtazapine, Norfloxacin, Ofloxacin, Paclitaxel, Paracetamol, Phenazone, Prednisolone, Propyphenazone, Ranitidine, Ritalinic acid, Roxithromycin, Simvastatin, Sulfadiazine, Sulfadimethoxine, Sulfamethazine, Sulfamethoxazole, Sulfapyridine, Tamoxifen, Tramadol, Trimethoprim, Venlafaxine, Warfarin, Zopiclone, 4N-Acetylsulfadiazine, 4N-Acetylsulfamethazine, 4N-Acetylsulfamethazine, 4N-Acetylsulfamethoxazole, 1H-Benzotriazole, Dimethylbenzotriazole, 4 + 5-Methyl Benzotriazole
Benefits Of Our SuperOx® SCWO System
- Pharmaceutical residues are broken down to below the PNEC-value (Predicted No-Effect Concentration).
- All organics are eliminated. The SuperOx® system mineralize the wastewater completely and does not generate other toxic or hazardous compounds.
- The treated water can be discharged directly to receiving water bodies, or reused as process water.
- System design to fit your needs.
- The SuperOx® technology is cost-effective compared to conventional incineration and other advanced oxidation processes.
- Energy-efficient process with reuse of resources (heat and water).