Rapid small-scale column testing of granular activated carbon for organic micro-pollutant removal in treated domestic wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1271-1278

  Zietzschmann, F ^a   Muller J ^b   Sperlich, A ^c   Ruhl, A S ^a   Meinel, F ^a   Altmann, J ^a   Jekel, M ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Breakthrough curve; Granular activated carbon; Organic micro pollutants; Rapid small scale column test; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; RAPID SMALL-SCALE COLUMN TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOREACTOR; GRANULAR MEDIUM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; RAPID SMALL SCALE COLUMN TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84908642492     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.357     Document Type: Article

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