Activated Carbon Treatment and Ozonation of MUST Hospital Composite and Individual Component Wastewaters and MUST Laundry Composite Wastewaters.
Abstract
The report summarizes the laboratory studies performed to evaluate the unit operations of adsorption by activated carbon and oxidation by ozone (O) for posttreatment of MUST hospital wastewaters which have been treated by ultrafiltration (UF) alone or by UF and reverse osmosis (RO). An objective of less than 5 mg/l of total organic carbon (TOC) in the final treated wastewater was considered an appropriate goal. Individual hospital waste streams and composite hospital and laundry waste streams were studied. The tests indicated that only about 33% of the residual TOC in RO-treated hospital composite wastes could be adsorbed by powdered activated carbon. The effect of pH on TOC removal by carbon was not significant in the range tested, pH 2.5 to 10.8. In contrast, about 60% of the TOC in UF-treated hospital composite wastes was adsorbable with carbon.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA008347
Entities
People
- Raymond A. Sierka
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research and Development Command