Diagnosis of dissolved organic matter removal by GAC treatment in biologically treated papermill effluents using advanced organic characterisation techniques

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 829-836

  Antony, Alice ^a   Bassendeh, Mojgan ^a   Richardson, Desmond ^b   Aquilina, Simon ^c   Hodgkinson, Andrew ^d   Law, Ian ^e   Leslie, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Norske Skog   (Norway)

^c GIPPSLAND WATER   (Australia)

^d Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia   (Australia)

^e IBL Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter (DOM); Fluorescence excitation emission matrix (FEEM); Granular activated carbon (GAC); Liquid chromatography organic carbon and nitrogen detector (LC OCND); Rapid small scale column testing (RSSCT); Recalcitrant organics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIZATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR MASS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CARBON; PULP; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIXES (FEEM); GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ORGANIC CARBON AND NITROGEN DETECTORS (LC OCND); RAPID SMALL SCALE COLUMN TESTING (RSSCT); RECALCITRANT ORGANICS;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX; MILL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; DISSOLVING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PULPS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84856228432     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.11.059     Document Type: Article

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