title: Conceptual comparison of pink water treatment technologies: granular activated carbon, anaerobic fluidized bed, and zero-valent iron-Fenton process.
abstract: Pink water, explosive-laden wastewater produced in army ammunition plants is often treated using expensive and non-destructive granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption. This paper compares GAC adsorption and two alternative treatment technologies, anaerobic GAC fluidized bed reactor and zero-valent iron-Fenton process. The bench-scale demonstration of the zero-valent iron-Fenton process with real pink water is reported. The features of three technologies are compared and their advantages and drawbacks are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, DE 19716, USA. quartzoh@ce.udel.edu
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000502:physiology*; D019149:Bioreactors; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: C045076:Fenton's reagent; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D014873:Water Pollutants; D002244:Carbon; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007501:Iron