Enhanced mitigation of para-chlorophenol using stratified activated carbon adsorption columns

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 700-710

  Sze, Michael Fan Fu ^a   McKay, Gordon ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption column; Diffusion model; External mass transfer; Para chlorophenol; Particle stratification

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; ADSORBENT BEDS; ADSORPTION COLUMNS; ADSORPTION PROCESS; CHLOROPHENOLS; DIFFUSION MODEL; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; PARA-CHLOROPHENOL; PARTICLE STRATIFICATION; SERVICE TIME;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

4 CHLOROPHENOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLOROPHENOL; DIFFUSIVITY; GEOMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; MITIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOL; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COST; DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; ISOTHERM; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATIFICATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84855318071     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.039     Document Type: Article

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