Combination of powdered activated carbon and powdered zeolite for enhancing ammonium removal in micro-polluted raw water

Chemosphere

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-132

  Liao, Zhen liang ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Zhu, Bai rong ^a   Li, Huai zheng ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Coagulation sedimentation; Molecular weight (MW); Organic contaminants; Powdered activated carbon (PAC); Powdered zeolite (PZ)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; COAGULATION; CONTAMINATION; EFFICIENCY; FLOCCULATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSTWALD RIPENING;

AMMONIUM; COAGULATION SEDIMENTATION; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; POWDERED ZEOLITE (PZ);

ZEOLITES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; AMMONIA; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; POWDERED ZEOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CHARCOAL; POWDER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM; FLOCCULATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION; ZEOLITE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISPERSION; FLOCCULATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; POWDER; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARCOAL; FLOCCULATION; POWDERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; ZEOLITES;

EID: 84930586608     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.088     Document Type: Article

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