Using powdered activated carbon: a critical review

IN Najm, VL Snoeyink, BW Lykins Jr… - … ‐American Water …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
water treatment processes unless an activated carbon adsorption process is employed.
Similar conclusions were reached by Richard et a142 for the removal of atrazine from the Des …

The benefits of powdered activated carbon recirculation for micropollutant removal in advanced wastewater treatment

F Meinel, F Zietzschmann, AS Ruhl, A Sperlich, M Jekel - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
… powdered activated carbon (PAC) is a promising option to reduce OMP emissions from
wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) into the aquatic environment and drinking water sources (…

Application of efficient magnetic particles and activated carbon for dye removal from wastewater

S Moosavi, CW Lai, S Gan, G Zamiri… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… Future directions and challenges of magnetic activated carbon in wastewater treatment
are … in water treatment, and development of dye removal using magnetic activated carbon. …

Combination of granular activated carbon adsorption and deep-bed filtration as a single advanced wastewater treatment step for organic micropollutant and …

J Altmann, D Rehfeld, K Träder, A Sperlich, M Jekel - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
activated carbon (GAC) is an established technology in water and advanced wastewater
treatment … medium for solids retention in tertiary wastewater filtration represents an energy- and …

Powdered activated carbon treatment process mechanisms

JR Schultz, TM Keinath - Journal (Water Pollution Control Federation), 1984 - JSTOR
… One method of using activated carbon in wastewater treatment is the addition of powdered
activated carbon (PAC) to the aer ation basin of an activated sludge system. The PAC and …

Water treatment with exceptional virus inactivation using activated carbon modified with silver (Ag) and copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles

QL Shimabuku, FS Arakawa… - Environmental …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… ) in drinking water. From this study, it is possible to conclude that activated carbon modified
with … nanoparticles can be used as a filter for virus removal in the treatment of drinking water. …

Wastewater treatment of a vegetable oil factory by a hybrid ultrafiltration-activated carbon process

T Mohammadi, A Esmaeelifar - Journal of Membrane Science, 2005 - Elsevier
… processes with other conventional treatment processes so that various … activated carbon
(PAC) and membrane bioreactor showed great promise in water and wastewater treatment. At …

Recent advances in activated carbon modification techniques for enhanced heavy metal adsorption

M Mariana, AK HPS, EM Mistar, EB Yahya… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
… lead the activated carbon to reach large-scale water treatment. Currently, the global demand
for activated carbon is increasing in several markets, including drinking-water conditioning, …

Bacteria associated with granular activated carbon particles in drinking water

AK Camper, MW LeChevallier… - Applied and …, 1986 - Am Soc Microbiol
… A total of nine drinking water treatment facilities (each using full treatment, ie, flocculation, …
during three time periods of normal drinking water treatment. One was the entire filter run until …

Micro-ground powdered activated carbon for effective removal of natural organic matter during water treatment

Y Matsui, R Murase, T Sanogawa, N Aoki… - Water Science and …, 2004 - iwaponline.com
… Introduction Although adsorption by activated carbon is regarded as one of the … water,
residence times at water treatment plants are not long enough for efficient use of activated carbon. …