GAC Services · 2015-04-17 · GAC Services GAC services EPS provides: • Rapid Small Scale Colum...
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GAC Services GAC services EPS provides: • Rapid Small Scale Column Tesng (RSSCT) • Breakthrough curves for compounds of interest (e.g., TOC, MIB, geosmin, MTBE, etc.) Determinaon of carbon usage rate and remaining filter/adsorber life Carbon hardness and abrasion Pore size distribuon • Carbon specificaons: • • Iodine number • • Tannin value • • • • Phenol value BET surface area Pore volume What is RSSCT? Rapid Small Scale Column Tests (RSSCTs) scale down the condions and dimensions of a full scale filter bed with GAC and allow connuous flow (using client-provided water) unl breakthrough of the GAC. This test was inially developed for evaluang organic compound removal on acvated carbon. Bench scale setup is derived using hydrodynamics and mass transport equaons, and has been shown to be very effecve in indicang accurate breakthrough curves for GAC. Our service allows you to compare the performance of several GACs for parcular contaminants or predict the bed-life of a GAC in the full-scale facility. You can know your GAC usage rate and remaining filter/adsorber life in days, not months. GAC Breakthrough Curves Bed Volumes X GAC A GAC B GAC C Influent EPS uses RSSCTs to predict months of full scale data in days with very low water requirements. One parcular area of concern in water treatment where RSSCTs can be useful is in the control of disinfecon by-products (DBPs). EPS can not only compare the removal efficiencies of DBP precursors, but effluents from the columns can be dosed with chlorine and the formaon of trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacec acids (HAAs) monitored over me. We can predict removal for any of the common contaminants listed to the right, or design a custom test for your facility. Common Surface and Ground Water Contaminants · MIB, geosmin (tastes and odors) · Natural Organic Maer (NOM) · Disinfecon By-Products (DBPs) · Synthec Organic Compounds (SOCs) (e.g. TCE, PCE) · Perchlorate · BTEX · MTBE · Pescides TOC Concentraon (mg/L) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 0 5000 10000 15000 20000
Transcript of GAC Services · 2015-04-17 · GAC Services GAC services EPS provides: • Rapid Small Scale Colum...
GAC Services GAC services EPS provides:
• Rapid Small Scale Column Testing (RSSCT)
• Breakthrough curves for compounds of interest (e.g., TOC, MIB, geosmin, MTBE, etc.)
Determination
of
carbon
usage rate and remaining filter/adsorber life Carbon hardness and abrasion
Pore
size
distribution
• Carbon specifications: • • Iodine number •
•
Tannin value •
• •
•
Phenol value BET surface area Pore volume
What is RSSCT? Rapid Small Scale Column Tests (RSSCTs) scale down the conditions and dimensions of a full scale filter bed with GAC and allow continuous flow (using client-provided water) until breakthrough of the GAC. This test was initially developed for evaluating organic compound removal on activated carbon. Bench scale setup is derived using hydrodynamics and mass transport equations, and has been shown to be very effective in indicating accurate breakthrough curves for GAC. Our service allows you to compare the performance of several GACs for particular contaminants or predict the bed-life of a GAC in the full-scale facility. You can know your GAC usage rate and remaining filter/adsorber life in days, not months.
GAC Breakthrough Curves
Bed Volumes
x
GAC A
GAC B
GAC C
Influentx
GAC A
GAC B
GAC C
InfluentX
GAC A
GAC B
GAC C
Influent
EPS uses RSSCTs to predict months of full scale data in days with very low water requirements. One particular area of concern in water treatment where RSSCTs can be useful is in the control of disinfection by-products (DBPs). EPS can not only compare the removal efficiencies of DBP precursors, but effluents from the columns can be dosed with chlorine and the formation of trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs) monitored over time. We can predict removal for any of the common contaminants listed to the right, or design a custom test for your facility.
Common Surface andGround Water Contaminants
· MIB, geosmin (tastes and odors) · Natural Organic Matter (NOM) · Disinfection By-Products (DBPs) · Synthetic Organic Compounds (SOCs) (e.g. TCE, PCE) · Perchlorate · BTEX · MTBE
· Pesticides
TOC Co
ncen
trati
on (m
g/L)
How much life is
left in your filter?
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
0 5000 10000 15000 20000
