Removal of atrazine in water by combination of activated carbon and dielectric barrier discharge

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 299, Issue , 2015, Pages 647-655

  Vanraes, Patrick ^a   Willems, Gert ^a   Nikiforov, Anton ^a   Surmont, Pieter ^a   Lynen, Frederic ^a   Vandamme, Jeroen ^b   Van Durme, Jim ^b   Verheust, Yannick P ^a   Van Hulle, Stijn W H ^a   Dumoulin, Ann ^a   Leys, Christophe ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation process; Degradation by products; Desorption analysis; Electrical energy per order; Ozonation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BYPRODUCTS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW CONTROL; HERBICIDES; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; REACTION KINETICS; TEXTILES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING;

ACTIVATED CARBON TEXTILES; ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; ATMOSPHERIC DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; DEGRADATION BY-PRODUCTS; DESORPTION ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; ELECTRICAL ENERGY PER ORDER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OZONE; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ATRAZINE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONDUCTANCE; DEALKYLATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; EVAPORATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; OXIDATION; OZONATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PLASMA GAS; REACTOR; TEXTILE; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84939555096     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.07.075     Document Type: Article

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