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Manufacturing Tailored Powder Activated Carbon for Removing Perchlorate in Water  

Kim, Sang-Goo (Busan Water Quality Institute)
Song, Mi-Jeong (Busan Water Quality Institute)
Choi, Keun-Joo (Busan Water Quality Institute)
Ryu, Pyung-Jong (Busan Water Quality Institute)
Kim, Shin-Chul (Shin Kwang Chem. Co., LTD)
Lee, Yong-Doo (Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, College of Ocean Sciences, Cheju National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.30, no.6, 2008 , pp. 637-641 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aims of this research were to manufacture tailored powder activated carbon having a higher prechlorate removal efficiency and to compare perchlorate removal efficiency with different carbon materials for applying to the drinking water treatment plant. Activated carbon pre-loaded with cetyltrimethylammonium chloride(CTAC) has been researched to be an effective adsorbent for removing perchlorate in the water. 10,000 mg/L tailored powder activated carbon were manufactured by mixing 5.0 g of powder activated carbon(PAC) into 500 mL of 5,000 mg/L CTAC solution. The tailored powder activated carbon had 10 times higher perchlorate removal efficiency than virgin powder activated carbon. The residual perchlorate gradually decreased with the first 15 minute contact time with the tailored powder activated carbon, however, the longer contact time did not affect perchlorate removal. Tailored powder activated carbon by manufactured with 1,083 mg/g iodine value carbon had almost 4 times higher perchlarate removal efficiency than the 944 mg/g iodine value carbon. Dosage of 5 mg/L tailored powder activated carbon, which can adaptable dosage at the treatment plant, could decrease the perchlorate concentration from 50 $\mu$g/L to 15 $\mu$g/L.
Keywords
Perchlorate; Tailored Powder Activated Carbon; Cetyltrimethylammoniumchloride(CTAC);
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