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Discovery and Elimination of Dioxins From a Carbon Reactivation Process
Author(s) -
DeMarco Jack,
Miller Richard,
Hartman David J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1988.tb03010.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , waste management , carbon fibers , contactor , process (computing) , environmental science , business , environmental protection , environmental planning , chemistry , engineering , computer science , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , epistemology , algorithm , quantum mechanics , composite number , operating system
After completion of a long‐term granular activated carbon (GAC) project, the US Environmental Protection Agency informed the Cincinnati Water Works about the possible formation of dioxins during carbon reactivation. This information prompted the utility to conduct an additional study on avoiding potential dioxin precursor materials and on evaluating a reactivation system capable of preventing adverse environmental emissions. This article describes the results of these studies for exhausting GAC in a postfiltration carbon contactor and reactivating GAC in a fluid bed reactivation system.