Investigating PPCP Removal from Wastewater by Powdered Activated Carbon/Ultrafiltration

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 227, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Rodriguez, Elena ^a   Campinas, Margarida ^b   Acero, Juan Luis ^a   Rosa, Maria João ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adsorption; EfOM; Hydrophobicity; Membrane; PAC UF hybrid process; PPCPs

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; MEMBRANES; MICROPOROSITY;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; EFOM; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; HYBRID PROCESS; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; POSITIVELY CHARGED; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PPCPS;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CLOROFENE; COSMETIC; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; NORTRIPTYLINE; ORGANIC MATTER; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SKATOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PPCP; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYDROPHOBICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PROCESSING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84969850486     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-016-2870-7     Document Type: Article

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