title: Performance evaluation of waste activated carbon on atrazine removal from contaminated water.
abstract: In this study, the potential of spent activated carbon from water purifier (Aqua Guard, India) for the removal of atrazine (2 chloro-4 ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-1, 3, 5 triazine) from wastewaters was evaluated. Different grades of spent activated carbon were prepared by various pretreatments. Based on kinetic and equilibrium study results, spent activated carbon with a grain size of 0.3-0.5 mm and washed with distilled water (designated as WAC) was selected for fixed column studies. Batch adsorption equilibrium data followed both Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm. Fixed bed adsorption column with spent activated carbon as adsorbent was used as a polishing unit for the removal of atrazine from the effluent of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating atrazine bearing domestic wastewater. Growth of bacteria on the surface of WAC was observed during column study and bacterial activity enhanced the effectiveness of adsorbent on atrazine removal from wastewater.
authors.affiliation: Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.
authors.forename: Pranab Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Ligy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Philip
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001280:Atrazine / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019149:Bioreactors; D002606:Charcoal / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006540:Herbicides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D010316:Particle Size; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002606:Charcoal; D001280:Atrazine