Electrochemical regeneration of granular activated carbon saturated with organic compounds

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 763-768

  Wang, Lizhang ^a   Balasubramanian, N ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Electrochemical regeneration; Granular activated carbon; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; APPLIED CURRENT; DESIGN METHOD; DISULFONIC ACID; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL REGENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; INSTANTANEOUS CURRENT; KINETIC MODELS; MODEL PREDICTION; OPERATING CONDITION; ORGANICS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; REGENERATION EFFICIENCY; SEMI-BATCH;

ADSORPTION; BENCHMARKING; ELECTRIC REACTORS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; KINETIC THEORY; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 71649087743     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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