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Characteristics of adsorption and biodegradation of dissolved organic carbon in biological activated carbon pilot plant

School of Environmental Science, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan 609-757, Korea
jarhim@korea.com
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, January 2006, 23(1), 38-42(5), 10.1007/BF02705690
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Abstract

The dissolved organic carbon (DOC) properties for the influent of the BAC pilot plant have shown a 42% biodegradable fraction and a 58% non-biodegradable fraction. The biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC) was degraded entirely by biodegradation; the removal efficiency was 65-83%. The BDOC removal efficiency at empty bed contact time (EBCT) 15 minutes was larger than at EBCT 8 minutes. At increasing EBCT, a more slowly biodegradable fraction of BDOC (H2) was utilized. The non-biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (NBDOC) was removed mostly by adsorption, and the removal amount was 24-58%. Therefore, the DOC was removed by adsorption and biodegradation; the removal efficiency by biodegradation was 31%, and that by adsorption was 24%. The breakthrough behaviors of DOC and NBDOC continued to be saturated as the bed volume increased, whereas the BDOC breakthrough curves maintained a certain ratio according to the bed volume.

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