Journal of Engineering and Applied Science

Table 6 Pharmaceutical effluent characteristic after the BFAC-driven sorption treatment

From: Machine learning algorithm and neural network architecture for optimization of pharmaceutical and drug manufacturing industrial effluent treatment using activated carbon derived from breadfruit (Treculia africana)

Effluent parameter	WHO (max. permissible limit)	Residual after treatment
Temperature	Nil	27.5 °C
BOD₅	5 mgL⁻¹	18.2 mgL⁻¹
Biodegradability index (BI)	NA	0.5
Total suspended solid (TSS)	30 mgL⁻¹	4.2 mgL⁻¹
COD	10 mgL⁻¹	0.001 mgL⁻¹
Conductivity	1200 µS cm⁻¹	1210 µS cm⁻¹
Total iron (Fe)	3.0 mgL⁻¹	0.09 mgL⁻¹
pH	6.59–9.50	5.5
Color	Nil	Colorless
Nitrate	50 mg/L	12
TDS	50 mgL⁻¹	40 mgL⁻¹
Odor	Nil	Odorless
E-coil	Negative	Negative

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