Removal of a wide range of emerging pollutants from wastewater treatment plant discharges by micro-grain activated carbon in fluidized bed as tertiary treatment at large pilot scale

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 542, Issue , 2016, Pages 983-996

  Mailler, R ^a   Gasperi, J ^a   Coquet, Y ^b   Bulete A ^c   Vulliet, E ^c   Deshayes, S ^a,d   Zedek, S ^a   Mirande Bret, C ^a   Eudes, V ^d   Bressy, A ^e   Caupos, E ^a   Moilleron, R ^a   Chebbo, G ^e   Rocher, V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b SAUR Research and Development   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

^e Universite Paris Est   (France)

^f SIAAP   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Emerging pollutants; Micro grain activated carbon; Pharmaceuticals and hormones; Wastewater tertiary treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HORMONES; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EMERGING POLLUTANTS; MICRO GRAINS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; TERTIARY TREATMENT; WASTEWATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALKYLPHENOL; ATENOLOL; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOFENAC; DRUG; HORMONE; MICRO GRAIN ACTIVATED CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXAZEPAM; PESTICIDE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SWEETENING AGENT; TRICLOCARBAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHARCOAL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DRUG; HORMONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUIDIZED BED; FRANCE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CHARCOAL; PARIS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84946592859     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.153     Document Type: Article

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