Integrating organic micropollutant removal into tertiary filtration: Combining PAC adsorption with advanced phosphorus removal

Water Research

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-65

  Altmann, Johannes ^a   Sperlich, Alexander ^b   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Deep bed filtration; Organic micropollutants; Powdered activated carbon (PAC); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; CARBON DOSE; DEEP BED FILTRATION; MICROPOLLUTANT REMOVALS; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; RUNTIMES; TERTIARY FILTRATION;

ADSORPTION;

4 FORMYLAMINOANTIPYRINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; PHENAZONE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMIDONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHARCOAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; FILTRATION; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84937790865     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.07.023     Document Type: Article

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