Enhancement of removal of trace organic contaminants by powdered activated carbon dosing into membrane bioreactors

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 571-578

  Nguyen, Luong N ^a   Hai, Faisal I ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a   Kang, Jinguo ^a   Price, William E ^a   Park, Chul ^b   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Powdered activated carbon (PAC); Trace organic contaminants; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894649235     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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