Efficiency of the activated carbon filtration in the natural organic matter removal

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-331

  Matilainen, Anu ^a   Vieno, Niina ^b   Tuhkanen, Tuula ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activated carbon (AC) filtration; High performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC); Natural organic matter (NOM); Water purification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; FLOTATION; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACTIVATED CARBON (AC) FILTRATION; HIGH-PERFORMANCE SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPSEC); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS (NOM); WATER PURIFICATION;

FILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FLOTATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33644659191     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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