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The electrocoagulation-catalytic ozonation process is a promising technology for the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater (Zhu, Xiao, Huang, & Liu, 2019). Electrocoagulation removes suspended solids in wastewater, and through the electric field and flocs generated, synergistically catalyzes ozonation with metal oxide catalysts. This significantly improves the removal efficiency of refractory organic compounds in water and reduces the energy consumption and cost of the process (Zhu et al., 2019).

The efficiency of ozone degradation of IBP by electrocoagulation is improved because the electric field and flocs increase the transfer and consumption of ozone, increasing the utilization rate of ozone from 17% in single ozonation to about 75% (Zhu et al., 2019). Furthermore, electrocoagulation can significantly increase the yield of hydroxyl radicals under the same ozone consumption conditions. More hydroxyl radicals are used in the degradation process of IBP, and the addition of electrocoagulation compared to single ozonation improves the degradation efficiency of IBP by about 26% (Zhu et al., 2019).

Therefore, the electrocoagulation-catalytic ozonation process is a viable technology for the degradation of IBP in pharmaceutical wastewater (Zhu et al., 2019).