Stratification of Granular Activated Carbon Filters for Advanced Wastewater Treatment

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 226, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Ruhl, Aki S ^a   Zietzschmann, Frederik ^a   Altmann, Johannes ^a   Meinel, Felix ^a   Sperlich, Alexander ^b   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Back wash; Fixed bed adsorber; Pharmaceutical; Trace organic pollutant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; FIXED BED ADSORBER; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; FILTER; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOFILTER; BULK DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; STRATIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84945317691     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-015-2655-4     Document Type: Article

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