Abstract Background In order to protect aquatic environments and reduce the presence of micropollutants in global water cycle, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) often implement an additional step. One most effective measures is use powdered activated carbon (PAC) as adsorbent for micropollutants. This method provides sufficient elimination rates several has been successfully employed many WWT...

Batch tests were conducted using four groundwater samples high levels of total hardness such as 600.17, 800.42, 1088.85 and 1278.38 mg/L as CaCO3, so as water is not suitable for several industries. The work aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using powdered pseudoactivated carbon (PAC) prepared from wheat husk for the removal of water hardness and also to study of impact of sodium dodecyl sul...

Many organic micropollutants present in wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals and pesticides, are poorly removed in conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). To reduce the release of these substances into the aquatic environment, advanced wastewater treatments are necessary. In this context, two large-scale pilot advanced treatments were tested in parallel over more than one year at the m...

Micellar enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) process has been used for the removal of copper, chromate, zinc, nickel, cadmium, serinium, arsenate and organics like phenol, o-cresol. This paper reviews various factors such as operating pressure, surfactant concentration, pH of solution, temperature, presence of non-ionic surfactant and salt, membrane type and its pore size and some inhibiting additi...

Phoenix Services, Inc., owns and operates the Baltimore Regional Medical Waste Incinerator in Baltimore, MD. New regulations for dioxins and furans imposed a limit that was considerably below historical emission levels. To determine a method to comply with the new dioxin/furan regulations, Phoenix Services performed trials with powdered activated carbon (PAC). Although the results with carbon w...

An overview is presented on the projects that are being carried out by Water Quality and Treatment Laboratory team of LNEC which use activated carbon based technologies for treating water or wastewater. Emphasis is given to the chemical enhancement of conventional wastewater treatment using “green” powdered activated carbon options, hybrid adsorption/ membrane processes or biologically active c...