Pilot-Scale Investigation of Micropollutant Removal with Granular and Powdered Activated Carbon

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Meinel, F ^a   Ruhl, A S ^a   Sperlich, A ^b   Zietzschmann, F ^a   Jekel, M ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Advanced wastewater treatment; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Organic micropollutants; Pilot scale; Powdered activated carbon (PAC)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PILOT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BATCH ADSORPTION TESTS; DUAL-MEDIA FILTRATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; MICROPOLLUTANT REMOVALS; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; PILOT SCALE; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; TERTIARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRANULAR MEDIUM; IMMOBILIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84919933234     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2260-y     Document Type: Article

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