Improved methods for carbon adsorption studies for water and wastewater treatment

Environmental Progress

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-120

  Ying, Wei Chi ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Chang, Qi Gang ^a   Jiang, Wen Xin ^a   Li, Guang Hua ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Shanghai Coking and Chemical Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Capacity indicators; Carbon selection; HPMC; MCRB; Micro column; Rapid breakthrough; RSSCT

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; ISOTHERMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CAPACITY INDICATORS; CARBON SELECTION; HIGH-PRESSURE MINICOLUMN (HPMC); MICRO COLUMN; MICROCOLUMN RAPID BREAKTHROUGH (MCRB); RAPID BREAKTHROUGH; RAPID SMALL-SCALE COLUMN TEST (RSSCT);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33746211255     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10122     Document Type: Article

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