Direct comparison of ozonation and adsorption onto powdered activated carbon for micropollutant removal in advanced wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 185-193

  Altmann, Johannes ^a   Ruhl, Aki Sebastian ^a   Zietzschmann, Frederik ^a   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organic micropollutant; Ozone; Powdered activated carbon; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; POTABLE WATER; RECLAMATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; MICROPOLLUTANT REMOVALS; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; POINT-SOURCES; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TOXIC EFFECT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BEZAFIBRATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; IOMEPROL; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; PRIMIDONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; CHARCOAL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DRINKING WATER; LIGHT EFFECT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

CHARCOAL; OZONE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896795406     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.025     Document Type: Article

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