Removal of phthalates and pharmaceuticals from municipal wastewater by graphene adsorption process

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2268-2274

  Yang, Gordon C C ^a   Tang, Pei Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; Adsorption kinetics; Graphene; Municipal wastewater; Pharmaceuticals; Phthalate esters

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DRUG PRODUCTS; GRAPHENE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SOLUTIONS;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; EMERGING CONTAMINANT (ECS); MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PHTHALATE ESTER; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE (SMX);

ESTERS;

GRAPHENE; NITROGEN; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG; ESTER; GRAPHITE; PHTHALIC ACID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; DRUG; ISOTHERM; NANOPARTICLE; OPTIMIZATION; PHTHALATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BINDING; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER; CHEMISTRY; CITY; KINETICS; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TAIWAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CITIES; ESTERS; GRAPHITE; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84964420327     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2016.006     Document Type: Article

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