Petroleum contaminated ground-water: Remediation using activated carbon. [PDF]
, 2006 Ground-water contamination resulting from the leakage of crude oil and refined petroleum products during extraction and processing operations is a serious and a growing environmental problem in Nigeria.
Probert, Sydney D. +3 more
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Competitive adsorption of phenolic compounds from aqueous solution using sludge‐based activated carbon. [PDF]
, 2011 Preparation of activated carbon from sewage sludge is a promising approach to produce cheap and efficient adsorbent for pollutants removal as well as to dispose of sewage sludge.
Wilhelm, Anne-Marie +7 more
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Development of thermal conductive consolidated activated carbon for adsorption refrigeration [PDF]
, 2012 A new type consolidated composite activated carbon (AC) was developed with a host matrix of expanded natural graphite treated with sulfuric acid (ENG-TSA).
Tamainot-Telto, Zacharie +4 more
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A comparative optimisation study of activated carbon production from hazelnut shells by thermal and microwave heating methods [PDF]
, 2014 This research has studied the optimisation of activated carbon production from waste hazelnut shells, using both conventional and microwave heating techniques.
Sharifan, Suzan
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Integrated process for production of surfactin Part 2. Equilibrium and kinetic study of surfactin adsorption onto activated carbon [PDF]
, 2008 Previous work has presented kinetics of pure surfactin adsorption onto activated carbon. Being an efficient biosurfactant, the lipopeptide surfactin has been produced in a bioprocess supported by the strain Bacillus subtilis ATCC 21332.
Nikov, Iordan +4 more
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Competitive adsorption of p-hydroxybenzoic acid and phenol on activated carbon : experimental study and modelling. [PDF]
, 2013 The competitive adsorption of phenol and p-hydroxybenzoic acid (4HBA) has been investigated on activated carbon (AC) for a wide range of concentrations under unbuffered conditions. The results show a preferential adsorption of 4HBA which can be explained
Creanga-Manole, Carmen +4 more
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AD–OX: A sequential oxidative process for water treatment— Adsorption and batch CWAO regeneration of activated carbon [PDF]
, 2009 A sequential process for water treatment involving usual adsorption on activated carbon (AC) followed by wet air catalytic oxidation of the adsorbed pollutants has been carried out in a fixed bed reactor with a mixture of two model pollutants.
Creanga-Manole, Carmen +3 more
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Comparative adsorption of levodopa from aqueous solution on different activated carbons [PDF]
, 2009 Adsorption on activated carbon has been successfully used in wastewater and drinking water treatment plants for the removal of various pollutants. Among them, pharmaceutical compounds have become a growing issue. The present study has focused on levodopa
Quesada-Peñate, Isariebel +4 more
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Assessment of Different Binders for Activated Carbon Granulation for the Use in CO2 Adsorption
Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2021 An eco-friendly method for the synthesis of granular activated carbon was developed in this study. Two types of activated carbon and three types of activated carbon granules have been obtained using different binders, and their properties have been ...
Argalis Pauls +3 more
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Frontiers in Environmental EngineeringThe EU directive 2024/1990/EU mandates a fourth treatment stage for micropollutant removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Porous carbonaceous materials (PCMs) such as powdered activated carbon (PAC) and biochar are effective but require ...
C. Margreiter +3 more
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