A process for the purification of organochlorine contaminated activated carbon: Sequential solvent purging and reductive dechlorination

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1580-1590

  Lee, Matthew ^a   Cord Ruwisch, Ralf ^b   Manefield, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Cyanocobalamin; Electron shuttle; Organochlorines; Reductive dechlorination; Zero valent zinc

Indexed keywords

DECHLORINATION; ELECTRONS; ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; PURIFICATION; ZINC;

AQUEOUS ETHANOL; BULK ELECTRONS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DECHLORINATION RATE; ELECTRON SHUTTLE; ORGANOCHLORINES; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; ZERO VALENT ZINC; ZEROVALENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRON; ETHANOL; EXTRACTION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION; SOLVENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76749122802     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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