Research Article

Treatment of Antibiotic Pharmaceutical Wastewater Using a Rotating Biological Contactor

Table 4

The rough analysis on running cost of several different processes (RMBҰ/m3).

ProcessRaw materialManagement and runningShared depreciation
of fixed investment
Total cost

Wholly AOPs135 (oxidant, etc.)1510160
RBC + AOPs54 (oxidant, etc.)28 (including power)18100
DIPs240 (fuel, etc.)20160420