Overview of technologies for removal of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) from water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 476-477, Issue , 2014, Pages 415-433

  Levchuk, Irina ^a   Bhatnagar, Amit ^b   Sillanpää, Mika ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Methyl tert butyl ether removal; MTBE; Review; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION; REVIEWS; WATER TREATMENT;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENT CONTAMINATION; FUEL LEAKS; FUEL OXYGENATES; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; MTBE; SOCIAL CONCERNS;

FUEL STORAGE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; FERROUS GLUCONATE; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ION EXCHANGE RESIN; OZONE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZEOLITE;

DRINKING WATER; MTBE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; AIR STRIPPING; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTRON BEAM; HYBRID; HYDRODYNAMIC CAVITATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED PLASMA CAVITATION; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER REMOVAL; MTBE; REVIEW; WATER TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER; METHYL ETHERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84893375552     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.037     Document Type: Review

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