Full- and pilot-scale GAC adsorption of organic micropollutants

Water Research

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 238-248

  Kennedy, Anthony M ^a   Reinert, Allison M ^b   Knappe, Detlef R U ^b   Ferrer, Imma ^a   Summers, R Scott ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water treatment; Granular activated carbon; Personal care products; Pesticides; Pharmaceuticals; Trace organic contaminants

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DRUG PRODUCTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PESTICIDES; POTABLE WATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PILOT SCALE; REGRESSION MODELLING; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHARCOAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84908518266     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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