Desorption experiments and modeling of micropollutants on activated carbon in water phase: application to transient concentrations mitigation

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Bourneuf, S ^a,b,c   Jacob, M ^c   Albasi, C ^b   Sochard, S ^d   Richard, R ^a,b   Manero, M H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Desorption; LDF; Modeling; Organics; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DESORPTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MODELS; POLLUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; ADSORPTION BREAKTHROUGHS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LDF; LINEAR DRIVING FORCE; ORGANICS; TRANSIENT CONCENTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT DEVICES;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84952309898     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-015-0834-x     Document Type: Article

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