• Title/Summary/Keyword: granular activated carbon (GAC)

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Adsorption of Specific Organics in Water on GAC and Regeneration of GAC by Countercurrent Oxidative Reaction

  • Ryoo, Keon-Sang;Kim, Tae-Dong;Kim, Yoo-Hang
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.817-824
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    • 2002
  • Granular activated carbon(GAC) is highly effective in removing organic compounds which are resistant to biological disintegration in wastewater treatment. However, GAC has reached its full adsorptive capacity, GAC needs to be regenerated before it can be used for a further adsorption cycle. Countercurrent oxidative reaction (COR) technique has been developed and evaluated for the regeneration of spent GAC. Various parameters such as flame temperature, the loss of carbon, destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of organic compounds, surface area, surface structure, adsorptive capacity, etc. were examined to determine the performance of COR. The results of these tests showed that adosorptive capacity of regenerated GAC was completely recovered, the loss of carbon was controllable, flame temperature was high enough to insure complete destruction and removal $(\geq99.9999%)$ of specific organics of interest, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), that are thermally stable, and on formation of toxic byproducts such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) or polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) were detected during the regeneration process. The COR technique is environmentally benign, easy to use and less copital intensive than other available regeneration technologies.

A Study on Economics of Air Stripping Towers and Activated Carbon Adsorption(Multicomponent System) (충전탑 공기 스트리핑과 활성탄 흡착의 경제성에 관한 연구(다중성분계))

  • Yoo, Ho Sik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 1998
  • The optimum design and preliminary cost estimations of air stripping towers ASTs with granular activated carbon adsorption (GAC) systems as the off-gas treatment were done and compared to liquid-phase GAC system. The optimum design and preliminary cost estimations were done for either single or multicomponent systems. A computer program was developed for this study. 15 single compounds and their multicomponent systems were studies. Even with off-gas treatment, AST was generally a less expensive process for treatment of volatile organics than liquid-phase GAC system. Treatment costs of small systems were sensitive to system capacity. Accumulative effect of treatment costs was found in multicomponent systems. The cost of a multicomponent system was highly dependent on the least strippable component in ASTs even with gas-phase GAC or the least adsorbable component in liquid-phase GAC system.

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Modeling of the Nitrate Adsorption Kinetics onto $ZnCl_2$ Treated Granular Activated Carbon (염화아연으로 표면개질된 입상활성탄의 질산성질소 흡착속도의 모델링 연구)

  • Ji, Min-Kyu;Jung, Woo-Sik;Bhatnagar, Amit;Jeon, Byong-Hun
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2008
  • Nitrate adsorption from aqueous solutions onto zinc chloride ($ZnCl_2$) treated coconut Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) was studied in a batch mode at two different initial nitrate concentrations (25 and 50 mg/L). The rate of nitrate uptake on prepared media was fast in the beginning, and 50% of adsorption was occurred within 10 min. The adsorption equilibrium was achieved within one hour. The mechanism of adsorption of nitrate on $ZnCl_2$ treated coconut GAC was investigated using four simplified kinetic models : the rate parameters were calculated for each model. The kinetic analysis indicated that pseudo-second-order kinetic with pore-diffusion-controlled was the best correlation of the experimental kinetic data in the present adsorption study.

Adsorption of phenol on metal treated by granular activated carbon (금속 침적처리에 따른 입상활성탄의 페놀흡착)

  • Kang, Kwang Cheol;Kim, Jin Won;Kwon, Soo Han;Kim, Seung Soo;Baik, Min Hoon;Choi, Jong Won
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.193-197
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    • 2007
  • In this study, the effect of metal treatment on granular activated carbon (GAC) was investigated in the context of phenol adsorption. Cobalt(II) nitrate, and zinc(II) nitrate solution were used for metal treated. The specific surface area and the pore structure were evaluated from nitrogen adsorption data at 77 K. The phenol adsorption rates onto GAC were measured by UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Iodine adsorption capacity of Co-GAC is much better then that of the GAC. The Co-GAC with mesopore is more efficient than other adsorbents for the adsorption of polymer such as methyleneblue. The adsorption capacity of reference-GAC and metal-GAC were increased in order of Co-GAC>Zn-GAC>Reference-GAC, in spite of a decrease in specific surface area which was resulted from pore blocking by metal.

Removal of Odor and THM from the Raw Water of Daecheong Dam (대청호 원수내 냄새 및 THM 제거방안 연구)

  • Jeon, Hang-Bae;Yun, Gi-Sik
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.235-245
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    • 1997
  • A pilot scale study for removing odor and trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP) was investigated in the standard water treatment plant equipped with ozone oxidation and granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption processes. The removal efficiency of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the pilot scale standard water treatment process (PSWTP) was about 25%, however, no more removal in the ozone oxidation process. On a GAC after 30 days operation, DOC removal efficiency was about 75%. Odor removal efficiency was about 30% in PSWTP, 60% in ozone oxidation, and almost complete in well as DOC. Mid-1 and 2 that showed breakthrough in odor inducing material as well as DOC. Mid-1 and 2 chlorination was able to reduce trihalomethanes (THM) by 25% compared to prechloringation, while postchlorination alone could reduce them by 30%.

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Removal of Humic Substances on Slow Sand Filtration Amended by GAC (휴믹물질 제거를 위한 완속여과공정에서의 GAC도입)

  • Ahn, Woo-Jung;Nam, Sang-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.209-213
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    • 2005
  • Slow sand filtration processes amended with 5 and 10cm GAC layers at top was compared to same process at bottom in a pilot study for humic substances removal. In case of 5cm GAC layer, the process amended at bottom was superior to the process at top in DOC and UV254nm removal and same trends were observed in case of 10cm GAC layer. Head loss developments of the process GAC at bottom were higher than the process GAC at top so that maintenance of the process GAC at top is easier than the process GAC at bottom.

Bacterial attachment on granular activated carbon and effect of chlorine disinfection (입상활성탄 부착세균과 염소소독 연구)

  • Baek, Youngae;Joe, Woohyun;Hong, Byungeui;Choi, Youngjune;Ahn, Seoungkoo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.339-344
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    • 2009
  • The authors investigated the bacterial community attached to granular activated carbon(GAC) particles and the susceptibility of the community to chlorine disinfection. The study was carried out at the G Water Treatment Plant in Seoul, which was in full-scale operation. Bacteria attached to the surface of GAC increased gradually with treatment from $0.4{\times}106{\sim}8.5{\times}106 CFU/g$. TOC removal was under 1.0 mg/L due to increased bacterial community on the surface of GAC. It was found that TOC removal was closely related with physical and biological parameters such as pore volume and the number of attached bacteria. When the washed and the attached cells were disinfected with 1.0mg/L of chlorine for 1 hour, the washed cells with chlorination could be controlled, but the number of the attached cells increased gradually. The results suggest a possibility that the treatment and disinfection barriers can be penetrated and pathogenic bacteria may break into the drinking water supplying system.

Retrospect on Refractories in Water Treatment (기존 정수처리방법으로 제거가 어려운 유기물에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • 우달식;남상호
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 1995
  • As a basic experiment to develope biological pretreatment proces~ in water treatment, the experiments on biodegradability and isothermal adsorption of activated carbon were performed on refractories such as humic acid, $NH_3-N$, phenol and ABS which caused the problems in drinking water treatment. Also, the treatabilities on humic acid were examined in the continuous flow type reactors. The removal efficiencies of humic acid, $NH_3-N$, phenol and ABS in the biodegradable experiments for 5 days were 20.1%, 73.4%, 91.7% and 97.5%, respectively. In the isothermal adsorption test of refractories on activated carbon to be used as a media in the continuous flow type reactors, ABS and phenol are adsorbed easily, but humic acid and $NH_3-N$ are difficult to be done. The removal efficiencies of humic acid in granular activated carbon(GAC) reactor were about 7-8% higher than in biological activated carbon(BAC) reactor. The removal efficiencies of humic acid in biological fluidized bed(BFB) reactor were about 30% in GAC media, but were almost zero in sea sand media.

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Liquid Phase Adsorption Equilibria of Amines onto High Silica Zeolite, Macroreticular Resin and Granular Activated Carbon (고시리카제올라이트, 거대망상수지 및 입상활성탄에 의한 아민류의 액상흡착평형)

  • Lee, Sung-Sik;Kim, Hyung-Jun;Yu, Myung-Ho
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.661-666
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    • 1998
  • Liquid phase adsorption equilibria of amines in an aqueous solution onto high silica zeolite pellets (HSZ), macroreticular resin particles (MR) and granular activated carbon (GAC) were determined using a batch bottle technique at 298K. The isotherm curves of HSZ-amines and GAC-amines indicate the nonlinear relationship of unfavorable adsorption type of HSZ-amines and favourable one of GAC-amines. However the curves of MR-amines represent the linear pattern of an adsorption isotherm. Among various equilibrium isotherms, the three parameters of the Redlich-Peterson equation and the two parameters of the Freundlich equation are found to be the most satisfactory within the range of this study. The two parameters of the Langmuir isotherm were not applicable to the present adsorption systems. The amines were adsorbed on the HSZ, MR and GAC in the following sequence of adsorptivity; aromatic amines > primary amines > secondary amines. The product of the Freundlich constants, k and n, proportionally increased with the boiling point, molar volume and dissociation constants of amines adsorbed on HSZ, MR and GAC.

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