Electrochemical regeneration of granular activated carbons loaded with phenol and natural organic matter

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Narbaitz, R M ^a   Karimi Jashni, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Electrochemical reactor; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EFFICIENCY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PHENOLS;

BENCH SCALE EXPERIMENTS; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL REGENERATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; REGENERATION; REGENERATION EFFICIENCY;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRANULAR MATERIALS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; TIME;

EID: 57449120330     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330802422803     Document Type: Article

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