Activated carbon for the removal of pharmaceutical residues from treated wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2372-2380

  Ek, Mats ^a   Baresel, Christian ^a   Magnér, Jörgen ^a   Bergstrom̈, Rune ^a   Harding, Mila ^a  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complementary water treatment; Effluent water; Granulated activated carbon (GAC); Pharmaceutical residues; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT WATERS; GRANULATED ACTIVATED CARBONS; HYDRAULIC CAPACITY; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; PILOT SCALE TEST; RESOURCE UTILISATION; TREATED WASTEWATER; TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; ESTROGEN; HEAVY METAL; NITRATE; OZONE; PHOSPHATE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRUG; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FILTER; GRANULAR MEDIUM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOLUBILITY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COST; DEGRADATION; FLOW RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRESSURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOLUBILITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

CARBON; ESTROGENS; NITROGEN; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84902312227     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.172     Document Type: Article

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