<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>At present, concentrations of pharmaceuticals in surface and ground waters are low; however, even low concentrations of certain substances may prove very harmful. One of such pharmaceutical drugs is diclofenac, a popular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). For this reason, it is important to determine its mobility in groundwater and to estimate parameters of migration. Authors conducted column tests for two porous media: an artificial one, consisting of glass granules, and a natural one, i.e., sandur sand obtained from a site north of the city of Poznań (Poland). During the test, impulse breakthrough curves of chloride ions and diclofenac were recorded. The results were used to identify a specific sorption model and to determine values of migration parameters. Solutions of the inverse problem using optimisation methods and of equations of mathematical migration models were carried out in a MATLAB environment. Based on test results, the mobility of diclofenac is shown to be very high and comparable to that of chloride ions. The tests also revealed a slight and irreversible sorption of diclofenac on grains of both porous media.</p></abstract>

At present, concentrations of pharmaceuticals in surface and ground waters are low; however, even low concentrations of certain substances may prove very harmful. One of such pharmaceutical drugs is diclofenac, a popular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). For this reason, it is important to determine its mobility in groundwater and to estimate parameters of migration. Authors conducted column tests for two porous media: an artificial one, consisting of glass granules, and a natural one, i.e., sandur sand obtained from a site north of the city of Poznań (Poland). During the test, impulse breakthrough curves of chloride ions and diclofenac were recorded. The results were used to identify a specific sorption model and to determine values of migration parameters. Solutions of the inverse problem using optimisation methods and of equations of mathematical migration models were carried out in a MATLAB environment. Based on test results, the mobility of diclofenac is shown to be very high and comparable to that of chloride ions. The tests also revealed a slight and irreversible sorption of diclofenac on grains of both porous media.

Laboratory investigations of diclofenac migration in saturated porous media – a case study

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Institute of Chemistry and Technical Electrochemistry

Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the Environment and Applied Information Technology

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At present, concentrations of pharmaceuticals in surface and ground waters are low; however, even low concentrations of certain substances may prove very...

Laboratory investigations of diclofenac migration in saturated porous media – a case study

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2019

Pages: 213 - 223

Reçu: 01 avr. 2019

Accepté: 22 juil. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2019-0023

Mots clés
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, column test, parameter estimation, optimisation method, MATLAB

© 2019 Monika Okońska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Laboratory investigations of diclofenac migration in saturated porous media – a case study

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2019

Pages: 213 - 223

Reçu: 01 avr. 2019

Accepté: 22 juil. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2019-0023

Mots clésnon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, column test, parameter estimation, optimisation method, MATLAB

© 2019 Monika Okońska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, column test, parameter estimation, optimisation method, MATLAB