Removal efficiencies of natural and synthetic progesterones in hospital wastewater treated by different disinfection processes

作     者：Jinhui Liang Yuchen Luo Benhang Li Shiqi Liu Liansheng Yang Peng Gao Li Feng Yongze Liu Ziwen Du Liqiu Zhang Jinhui Liang;Yuchen Luo;Benhang Li;Shiqi Liu;Liansheng Yang;Peng Gao;Li Feng;Yongze Liu;Ziwen Du;Liqiu Zhang

作者机构：Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water PollutionEngineering Research Center for Water Pollution Source Control and Eco-remediationBeijing Forestry UniversityBeijing 100083China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering》 (环境科学与工程前沿（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第16卷第10期

页      面：11-22页

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学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：the funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42177051 and 41977317) 

主　　题：Progesterones Hospital wastewater Primary filtration treatment effluent Secondary biological treatment effluent Disinfection process 

摘      要：Progesterones are ubiquitous in hospital wastewater(HWW)with concentrations much higher than those of estrogens and *** ensure that these water systems are safe to use,disinfection is crucial during HWW treatment by providingfront linedefense against biological ***,five disinfection processes,namely,chlorine(Cl_(2)),chlorine dioxide(ClO_(2)),ozone(O_(3)),ultraviolet(UV)),and UV/chlorine(UV/Cl_(2)),were selected to investigate their removal efficiencies for progesterones in primary filtration and secondary biological treatment *** were 61 natural and synthetic progesterones detected in HWW,with the natural progesterones being the main components with a concentration of 845.51 ng/L and contributing to 75.08%of the total *** primary filtration treatment presented insignificant removal effects on the progesterones,while the secondary biological treatment significantly reduced the progesterone content by *** order of removal efficiencies of total progesterones by different disinfection processes was UV/Cl_(2)Cl_(2)O_(3)ClO_(2)***/Cl_(2)showed the highest removal efficiency against progesterones mainly due to the activation of Cl_(2)by ultraviolet(UV)photolysis,which helps open the heterocyclic,aromatic,and phenolic rings,thus accelerating progesterone *** addition,the removal efficiencies of natural progesterones in the five disinfection processes were higher than those of synthetic progesterones(progesterone derivatives,19-nortestosterone derivatives,and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone derivatives).