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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463458703321

Autore

Chowdhury Zaid K

Titolo

Activated carbon [[electronic resource] ] : solutions for improving water quality / / Zaid K. Chowdhury ...[et. al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denver, : American Water Works  Association, 2013

ISBN

1-5231-1923-3

1-61300-202-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

628.1/66

Soggetti

Water - Purification - Adsorption

Water - Purification - Organic compounds removal

Carbon, Activated

Water quality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Authors and Editor""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""List of Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Part 1 Activated Carbon Adsorption Technologies ""; ""Fundamentals of Adsorption""; ""Powdered Activated Carbon Systems""; ""Granular Activated Carbon Systems""; ""Part 2 Adsorption Applications ""; ""Activated Carbon Application Approaches""; ""Dissolved Organic Matter Control""; ""Taste-and-Odor Control""; ""Activated Carbon for Organic Contaminant Control""; ""Part 3 Design and Procurement of Activated Carbon Systems ""

""Gravity GAC Treatment System Design""""Pressure GAC Treatment System Design""; ""Vapor-Phase GAC Treatment Design""; ""On-Site GAC Reactivation Design""; ""PAC Feed System Design""; ""Activated Carbon System Implementation and Economic Considerations""; ""Appendix A""; ""Appendix B""; ""Index""