Biomethane production by anaerobic digestion is an efficient technology to treat organic waste and produce clean energy. A growing number of studies has attempted use carbon-based materials enhance methane performance. Granular activated carbon (GAC) commonly used due its low price high efficiency. Moreover, the conductivity GAC favors direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) coupled with C...

In this study, modified granular activated carbon (GAC) and immobilized cells were used to improve the biological efficiency of high-ammonia-nitrogen wastewater treatment using microorganisms. The results showed that sodium-hydroxide-modified (NaOH-GAC) greatly increased numbers ammonia-oxidizing bacteria Alcaligenes sp. TD-94 Paracoccus TD-10. Using NaOH-GAC number by 63.27% over GAC. Compared...

Granular activated carbon (GAC) is added to methanogenic digesters to enhance conversion of wastes to methane, but the mechanism(s) for GAC’s stimulatory effect are poorly understood. GAC has high electrical conductivity and thus it was hypothesized that one mechanism for GAC stimulation of methanogenesis might be to facilitate direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) between bacteria and m...

The effects of biologically active carbon (BAC) filtration on haloacetic acid (HAA) levels in plant effluents and distribution systems were investigated using the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Information Collection Rule (ICR) database. The results showed that average HAA5 concentrations in all locations were 20.4 μg$L and 29.6 μg$L in ICR plants with granular activated carbon...

Rapid globalization leads us on the way to industrialization. Pollution of water by organic and inorganic chemicals is of serious environmental concern. Sugar industry is one of the biggest consumer of water, and can also introduce serious pollutant to the environment. Chemical as well as biological treatments to these waste waters are in practice since long. Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) pre...

Arsenic is of concern in water treatment because of its health effects. This research focused on incorporating hydrous ferric oxide (HFO) into granular activated carbon (GAC) for the purpose of arsenic removal. Iron was incorporated into GAC via incipient wetness impregnation and cured at temperatures ranging from 60 to 90 degrees C. X-ray diffractions and arsenic sorption as a function of pH w...

in this research, the chloroform (chcl3) removal effectiveness of two water treatment systems including membrane technology and granular activated carbon (gac) adsorption were studied. two bench-scales were designed and set up: 1) nanofiltration (nf) spiral-wound modules and 2) gac adsorption column. chloroform was considered as trihalomethanes (thms) basic indicator compound. the inlet and out...

Present study is carried out for the removal of As(lII) from water using commonly available adsorbents such as sand, from Yamuna river (Delhi ), as well as from Ganga river (Kolkata), activated carbon, Hametite ore and sand -iron scrap mixture. All these adsorbents are used as received but sand and activated carbon which do not show much adsorption for As(lII) are modified by treating with diff...

During drinking water treatment, advanced oxidation process (AOP) with O3 and H2O2 may result in by-products, residual BrO3?. The containing BrO3? often flows into subsequent granular activated carbon (GAC) filters. A concentrated solution can be used as GAC modification reagent at 60 °C to improve its adsorption ability. However, whether low concentrations of residuals from AOP modify GAC, the...