Introduction
Liquid hazardous medical wastes (LHMW) are produced during the operation of health units (medical, biochemical and molecular laboratories) and their release has a decisive impact on the environment and living organisms.
Application of currently available, traditional methods of wastewater treatment include several intermediate processing steps and expensive equipment, resulting in high operating costs. Moreover, current widespread technologies are not effective at several cases, as they are unable to completely inactivate the abovementioned pollutants.
Goal
This project proposes the design, construction and operation of an innovative system based on photocatalytic oxidation for the treatment of liquid hazardous medical waste (LHMW) aiming at the inactivation of pathogens and / or toxic substances present in this type of wastewater.
The proposed project aims to implement and optimize two powerful methods, namely the heterogeneous and homogeneous photocatalytic oxidation, that are able to simultaneously inactivate chemical organic pollutants and pathogens.
Research Project’s Partners
School of Chemistry
A.U.Th.
Photocatalysis Group
School of Pharmacy
A.U.Th.
Neurodegenerative Diseases’ Group
STERIMED
S.A.
Sterilization Systems
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