Filtration and transport of heavy metals in graphene oxide enabled sand columns

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 257, Issue , 2014, Pages 248-252

  Ding, Zhuhong ^a,b   Hu, Xin ^b,c   Morales, Verónica L ^d   Gao, Bin ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cu; Filtration; Fixed bed column; Graphene oxide; Pb

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EFFICIENCY; FILTRATION; GRAPHENE; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; SAND; SOLUTIONS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FIXED BED COLUMNS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INJECTION FLOW RATE; KINETIC PROCESS; METAL SORPTION; REACTIVE BARRIERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84912531630     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.07.034     Document Type: Article

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