Discriminating and assessing adsorption and biodegradation removal mechanisms during granular activated carbon filtration of microcystin toxins

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4262-4270

  Wang, Haixiang ^a   Ho, Lionel ^a,b   Lewis, David M ^a   Brookes, Justin D ^a,b   Newcombe, Gayle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Department of Applied Chemistry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biodegradation; Filtration; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Homogeneous surface diffusion model (HSDM); Microcystin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS;

HOMOGENEOUS SURFACE DIFFUSION MODEL; MICROCYSTIN TOXINS; REMOVAL MECHANISM;

WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CYANOGINOSIN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; FILTRATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TOXIN; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34548695899     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.05.057     Document Type: Article

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