Pore blockage effects on Atrazine adsorption in a powdered activated carbon/membrane system. I: Model development

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1242-1252

  Li, Qilin ^a   Marinas, Benito J ^b   Snoeyink, Vernon L ^b   Campos, Carlos ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SUEZ Environment   (France)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Diffusion; Filtration; Organic compounds; Porosity; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROPOROUS MATERIALS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PORE PRESSURE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ABSORPTION KINETICS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM); PORE BLOCKAGE EFFECTS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FOULING; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 8644226071     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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