Removal of highly polar micropollutants from wastewater by powdered activated carbon

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3607-3615

  Kovalova, Lubomira ^a,b   Knappe, Detlef R U ^c   Lehnberg, Kai ^a   Kazner, Christian ^a   Hollender, Juliane ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cytostatic; Micropollutant; Pharmaceuticals; Polar compound; Powdered activated carbon; Trace organic compound; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CYTARABINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLUOROURACIL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PH; POWDER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYTARABINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; PHENOLS; POWDERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84878111191     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1432-9     Document Type: Article

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