Persulfate oxidation regeneration of granular activated carbon: Reversible impacts on sorption behavior

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1218-1223

  Hutson, Andy ^a   Ko, Saebom ^b   Huling, Scott G ^b  

^a EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Robert S Kerr Environmental Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Granular activated carbon; Isotherm; MTBE; Oxidation; Persulfate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ISOTHERMS; OXIDATION; SORPTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL REGENERATION; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; MTBE; PERSULFATE; PERSULFATE OXIDATION; SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; NITRIC ACID; OXIDE; PEROXYSULFURIC ACID; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOACCUMULATION; ETHER; OXIDATION; REGENERATION; SLURRY; SORPTION; SULFATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ISOTHERM; OXIDATION; PH; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84866349850     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.07.040     Document Type: Article

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