Fractionation and removal of dissolved organic carbon in a full-scale granular activated carbon filter used for drinking water production

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2821-2829

  Gibert, Oriol ^a,b   Lefèvre, Benoît ^a   Fernández, Marc ^a   Bernat, Xavier ^a   Paraira, Miquel ^c   Pons, Marc ^c  

^a Water Technology Center ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c S A Laboratory   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drinking water treatment; Granular activated carbon; Natural organic matter; Organic fractions; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOPOLYMERS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CARBON; POROSITY; POTABLE WATER; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HIGH PERFORMANCE SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT FRACTION; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC FRACTIONS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOPOLYMER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; COMPLIANCE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; FRACTIONATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROSITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FILTER; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84876159949     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.02.028     Document Type: Article

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