Abstract—Fenton Oxidation process was used to treat the
pharmaceutical sludge having the COD value of 118, 400 mg/L
for the safe disposal. By varying the ratio of ferrous to hydrogen
peroxide for different molar ratio (0.1M, 0.2M, 0.3M, 0.35M,0.4
M) of Fenton’s reagent the pharmaceutical sludge was treated
and COD reductions were calculated and optimum ratio was
found out. Sludge was also treated by physical treatment by
varying the pH and temperature and COD reductions were
calculated and the optimum point was found out. The untreated
and treated sludge was subjected to GC-MS for the quantitative
analysis of non-biodegradable compounds. Scanning Electron
Microscope image acquistation and elemental analysis were also
studied for both treated and untreated samples. The purpose of
the study is to find the suitable end-use method for reusing the
treated and oxidized products.
Index Terms—Antibiotics, chemical treatment, Fenton
Oxidation, pharmaceutical sludge.
Rajesh Nithyanandam is with the School of Engineering, Taylor’s
Lakeside Campus, Taylor’s University, 47500, Subang Jaya, Selangor,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (tel.: + 60 149516037; fax: +6 03 5629 5477;
e-mail: chemrajesh1982@gmail.com).
Raman Saravanane is with the Department of Environmental Engineering
Lab, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry, India.
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Cite: Rajesh Nithyanandam and Raman Saravanane, "Treatment of Pharmaceutical Sludge by Fenton Oxidation
Process," International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 359-364, 2013.
