Toluene sorption by granular activated carbon and its use in cold regions permeable reactive barrier: Fixed bed studies

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-63

  Arora, Meenakshi ^a   Snape, Ian ^b   Stevens, Geoff W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold regions; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Solute transport model; Sorption; Toluene

Indexed keywords

BATCH SYSTEMS; COCONUT SHELLS; COLD REGIONS; CONTAMINATED WATER; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; FIXED BED; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PLANNING STAGES; SATURATION CAPACITIES; SOLUTE TRANSFER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; SUB-SURFACES; WATER FLOW RATE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOLUENE;

SORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COLD REGION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERMEABILITY; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVE BARRIER; SATURATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLUENE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80052595691     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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