Impacts of coagulation on the adsorption of organic micropollutants onto powdered activated carbon in treated domestic wastewater

Chemosphere

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 198-204

  Altmann, Johannes ^a   Zietzschmann, Frederik ^a   Geiling, Eva Linde ^a   Ruhl, Aki Sebastian ^a   Sperlich, Alexander ^b   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulation; DOC competition; Organic micropollutants; Powdered activated carbon; UVA254; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; MASS TRANSFER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ABSORPTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; REAL TIME MONITORING; TREATED WASTEWATER; UVA254;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOPOLYMER; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; CHARCOAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MASS; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; REDUCTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FLOCCULATION; PROCEDURES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; FLOCCULATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84923578334     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.061     Document Type: Article

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