Controlling a toxic shock of pentachlorophenol (PCP) to anaerobic digestion using activated carbon addition

• Main Authors: Xiao, Yeyuan, De Araujo, Cecilia, Sze, Chun Chau, Stuckey, David Campbell
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Waste management
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106199; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/26369
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Several powdered and granular activated carbons (PACs and GACs) were tested for adsorption of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in bench-scale anaerobic digestion reactors to control the toxicity of PCP to acetoclastic methanogenesis. Results showed that the adsorption capacities of PAC were reduced by 21–54%...