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Models and Predictability of the Micropollutant Removal by Adsorption on Activated Carbon

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Water Pollution

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The micropollutant adsorption out of ground and surface waters is difficult to describe theoretically due to the partly non-ideal adsorption behavior of natural organic substances as, e.g., irreversible adsorption. Based on practical results over the past few years, simplified methods have been developed to describe the micropollutant adsorption in powdered and granular activated carbon treatment plants. These methods have led to the design of activated carbon treatment plants and predictions for the carbon efficiency in the event of changing raw water quality.

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Abbreviations

AC:

Activated Carbon

DOC:

issolved Organic Carbon

EBC:

Equivalent Background Compound

EBCT:

Empty Bed Contact Time

GAC:

Granular Activated Carbon

IAS-Theory/IAST:

Ideal Adsorbed Solution Theory

PAC:

Powdered Activated Carbon

PFHSD-Model:

Plug-Flow Homogeneous Surface Diffusion Model

PFPD-Model:

Plug-Flow Pore Diffusion Model

SCA-Model/SCAM:

Simplified Competitive Adsorption Model

c :

liquid-phase concentration

c 0 :

initial concentration

h :

filterbed depth

K :

Freundlich constant

n :

Freundlich exponent

q :

solid-phase concentration

υ F :

filter velocity

D S :

surface diffusion coefficient

β L :

film diffusion coefficient

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  1. DVGW — Technologiezentrum Wasser, Richard-Willstätter Allee 5, Karlsruhe, D-76131, Deutschland

    B. Haist-Gulde, G. Baldauf & H.-J. Brauch

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Haist-Gulde, B., Baldauf, G., Brauch, HJ. (1995). Models and Predictability of the Micropollutant Removal by Adsorption on Activated Carbon. In: Hrubec, J. (eds) Water Pollution. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 5 / 5B. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48468-4_7

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