Simulation of hybrid trickle bed reactor–reverse osmosis process for the removal of phenol from wastewater
- Submitting institution
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The University of Bradford
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 5
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.compchemeng.2018.03.016
- Title of journal
- Computers & Chemical Engineering
- Article number
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- First page
- 264
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0098-1354
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009813541830190X?via%3Dihub
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Phenolic compounds, found in different industrial effluents with concentration from 0.1 to 6800 mg/l, are highly toxic and extremely harmful to humans and aquatic ecosystems, lethal dose being 140 mg per kg of body weight of humans. Trickle bed reactor (TBR), reverse osmosis (RO) and other processes have been used to remove phenol from wastewater with limited success. In this work, a novel integrated TBR–RO process is developed showing a significant improvement in phenol rejection (4.32–55.88%) compared to the use of individual processes producing high quality water for re-use. The anticipated impact of this hybrid-process will be significant.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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