Activated carbon granular , prediction

A similar estimate at the Radian Corporation estimated costs at 15.40 per 1000 gal. This estimate was higher than for alternative technologies ultraviolet oxidation ( 4.00 per 1000 gal) and granular activated carbon treatment ( 5.00 per 1000 gal). It was predicted, however, that costs of solar detoxification could be lowered to 3.00 per 1000 gal. The Radian study noted that costs at the Livermore site may be higher than for most applications of solar detoxification technology. It estimated the cost of conventional treatment would range from 1.40 to 3.00 per 1000 gal (D12953N, pp. 203). 

Hand, D. W., et al. (1997). Predicting the performance of fixed-bed granular activated carbon adsorbers, Water Science Technol, Proc. 19961st Int. Specialized Conf. on Adsorption in the Water Environment and Treatment Processes Shirahama, Japan, Nov. 5-8, 1996, 35, 7, 235-241. Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, England. 

Knappe, D. (1996). Predicting the removal of atrazine by powdered and granular activated carbon. PhD Thesis, University of lUinois, Urbana-Champaign. 

Certain general points may be deduced from the experimental and theoretical analysis on predicting adsorption equilibrium of heavy metals onto granular activated carbon and natural zeolite... 

Different batch adsorption processes were modeled using a multilayer fccdforwaKl neural network to predict water sorption [28] or adsorption of binary vapor mixtures [29]. Breakthrough parameters of an ion-exchange column [30] or a granular activated carbon fixed bed [31] were also predicted using the same kind of perceptions. 

Magnuson, M.L. and Speth, T.F. (2005) Quantitative structure-property relationships for enhandng predictions of synthetic organic chemical removal from drinking water by granular activated carbon. Environmental Science iZ Technology, 39, 7706-11. 

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