Removal of amoxicillin from contaminated water using NH4Cl-activated carbon: CONTINUOUS flow fixed-bed adsorption and catalytic ozonation regeneration

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 236, Issue , 2014, Pages 538-544

  Yaghmaeian, Kamyar ^a,b   Moussavi, Gholamreza ^a   Alahabadi, Ahamd ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Breakthrough curve; Catalytic ozonation regeneration; Chemically activated carbon; Fixed bed

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CATALYTIC OZONATION; CONTAMINATED WATER; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; FIXED-BED; FIXED-BED ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; IMPURITIES; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

OZONE;

EID: 84888002221     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.08.118     Document Type: Article

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