Use of carbon adsorption processes in groundwater treatment

✍ Scribed by Stenzel, Mark H. ;Merz, William J.

• Book ID: 102834125
• Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 917 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0278-4491
• DOI: 10.1002/ep.3300080420

✦ Synopsis

One of the leading treatment technologies for reduction of organic contaminants in groundwater has become the adsorption process utilizing granular activated carbon (GAC).

This paper presents a methodology for selecting the proper adsorption system design. The use of the isotherm test for evaluation of carbon adsorption is discussed, with new data on adsorption of VOCs presented. The use of the dynamic column study for system design and its relationship

to the isotherm test is reuiewed using actual case studies. Design and economics for full-scale GAC systems are discussed. The use of adsorption to remove organic contaminants from vapor sources resulting from groundwater treatment is atso reuiewed.