Predicting trace organic compound breakthrough in granular activated carbon using fluorescence and UV absorbance as surrogates

Water Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-87

  Anumol, Tarun ^a   Sgroi, Massimiliano ^a,b   Park, Minkyu ^a   Roccaro, Paolo ^a,b   Snyder, Shane A ^a,c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Granular activated carbon; PFC; Pharmaceuticals; Real time monitoring; Trace organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; EFFLUENTS; FORECASTING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LINEAR CORRELATION; ORGANIC PARAMETERS; PFC; REAL TIME MONITORING; SMALL SCALE; TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; UV ABSORBANCE; WATER REUSE;

FLUORESCENCE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATENOLOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; GEMFIBROZIL; MEPROBAMATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMIDONE; TRICLOCARBAN; CHARCOAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABSORBANCE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRUG; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE; MONITORING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PREDICTION; REAL TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; CURVE FITTING; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ONLINE MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHARCOAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925002448     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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