Targeted testing of activated carbons for advanced wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 257, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-190

  Ruhl, Aki S ^a   Zietzschmann, Frederik ^a   Hilbrandt, Inga ^a   Meinel, Felix ^a   Altmann, Johannes ^a   Sperlich, Alexander ^b   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Advanced wastewater treatment; Organic micro pollutants; PAC; Pharmaceuticals; Powdered activated carbon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TESTING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL; INDICATIVE TARGETS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; PAC; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PREDICTIVE TEST; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84907378172     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.07.069     Document Type: Article

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