The application of iron coated activated alumina, ferric oxihydroxide and granular activated carbon in removing humic substances from water and wastewater: Column studies

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 114-121

  Khraisheh, Majeda ^a   Al Ghouti, Mohammad A ^b   Stanford, Cecile Andrea ^c  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b ROYAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY   (Jordan)

^c SOUTHERN WATER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Column studies activated alumina; Humic substances; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; ALUMINA; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FRACTIONATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MASS TRANSFER; METAL COATINGS; MOLECULAR MASS; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER TREATMENT;

COLUMN STUDY; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR MASS FRACTIONS; SPECIFIC ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

EID: 77958463956     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.04.043     Document Type: Article

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