Page 396 - Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse

368 Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycling, and Reuse

United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 1985. Technical Support
Document for Water Quality Based Toxics Control. EPA/440/485032, USEPA,
Washington, DC.
Varghese, S., Vinod, V.P., Anirudhan, T.S., 2004. Kinetics and equilibrium characterization
of phenols adsorption onto a novel activated carbon in water treatment. Indian J. Chem.
Technol. 11, 825–833.
Vidic, R., Suidan, M., Brenner, R., 1993. Oxidative coupling of phenols on activated car-
bon: impact on adsorption equilibrium. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27, 2079–2085.
Wang, R.C., Kuo, C.C., Shyu, C.C., 1997. Adsorption of phenols onto granular activated
carbon in a liquid–solid fluidized bed. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 68, 187–194.
Wasewar, K.L., Mohammad, A., Prasad, B., Mishra, I.M., 2008. Adsorption of zinc using tea
factory waste: kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics. CLEAN: Soil, Air, Water
36, 320–329.
Wu, F.C., Tseng, R.L., Juang, R.S., 2005. Preparation of highly microporous carbons from
fir wood by KOH activation for adsorption of dyes and phenols from water. Sep. Purif.
Technol. 47, 10–19.
Yang, C., Qian, Y., Zhang, L., Feng, J., 2006. Solvent extraction process development and
on-site trial-plant for phenol removal from industrial coal-gasification wastewater.
Chem. Eng. J. 117, 179–185.
Yang, K., Wu, W., Jing, Q., Zhu, L., 2008. Aqueous adsorption of aniline, phenol, and their
substitutes by multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42, 7931–7936.
Yi, S., Zhuang, W.Q., Wu, B., Tay, S.T.L., Tay, J.H., 2006. Biodegradation of
p-nitrophenol by aerobic granules in a sequencing batch reactor. Environ. Sci. Technol.
40, 2396–2401.
Zawadzki, J., 1980. IR spectroscopic investigations of the mechanism of oxidation of carbo-
naceous films with HNO 3 solution. Carbon 18, 281–285.
Zhonghau, H., Srinivasan, M.P., 1999. Preparation of high-surface-area activated carbons
from coconut shell. Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 27, 11–18.

FURTHER READING
United States Environmental Protection Agency (2014), http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-
release-inventory-tri-program, viewed 4 March.