Abstract: This paper focuses on the competitive adsorption isotherms pertinent to an activated carbon adsorber treating contaminated drinking water. The water under consideration is a mixture of μg/L levels of 1,1,2‐trichloroethane ...

Abstract: Bench-scale experiments investigated the effect of electrolyte mixing on the effectiveness of an electrochemical reactor for the reactivation of granular activated carbon (GAC). Two different GACs (F-400 and WV-B) were ...

Abstract: Feed water pretreatment commonly is required for low-pressure membrane technologies employed in drinking water treatment applications to reduce membrane fouling and create stable operating conditions. Comparatively few ...

Abstract: One of the most serious disadvantages of membrane applications in water treatment is the decreasing water permeation rate with time, which is often called fouling. This study investigates surface modification of polyethersulfone ...

Abstract: New polyethersulfone (PES) based membranes for ultrafiltration (UF) were developed by blending a surface-modifying macromolecule (SMM) in the casting solution, in an attempt to minimize the impact of fouling. Fouling was ...

Abstract: Membrane cleaning is critical to the operation of membrane processes. This paper studies the impact of using four different types of bench-scale membrane systems to assess the effectiveness of different cleaning steps after ...