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Water Matters: Standards for POU/POE Activated Carbon Systems
By Rick Andrew Many people in the POU/POE industry have heard of NSF/ANSI42 and NSF/ANSI 53. These standards have been around for many years and there are a large number of products certified to them....
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Activated Carbon Principles and Practices for Drinking Water Applications
By Henry Nowicki, PhDm Wayne Schuliger, George Nowicki and Barbara Sherman Introduction The carbon industry has come a long way in its manufacturing process and understanding of how carbon works. US...
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Activated Carbon Particle Size: Balance Between Kinetics and Capacity
By Robert J. Potwora Activated carbon (AC) is a universal adsorbent. It is used to purify the water we drink, the air we breathe, many of the foods we eat and numerous industrial chemicals that we use...
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Lignin Waste Transformed into Coconut-like Activated Carbon
By Henry Nowicki, PhD, Charles Carr and Richard Capp Introduction POU/POE devices with different media provide a drinking water final filter for many different applications. Taste, odor, color and...
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A Comparison Study of Activated Carbon Blocks for POU/POE Applications
By Alexey Aksenov, Alexander Mitilineos, Alexander Polyakov, PhD and Joseph L. Shmidt, PhD Figure 1. Mass-produced carbon blocks (2.5-inch diameter x 10-inch length) tested Activated carbon (AC)...
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By Henry Nowicki, PhD, Richard Capp, George Nowicki, Wayne Schuliger, Christopher Brunning and Barbara Sherman All activated carbons are not the same and a basic understanding of how activated carbon...
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Maintaining Drinking Water, Part 2
By Lawrence R. ‘Larry’ Zinser In “Maintaining Drinking Water, Part 1,” which ran in last month’s issue of Water Conditioning & Purification International Magazine, we discussed the natural and...
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Activated Carbon Filters for Contaminant Remediation: Part 1
By Gary Battenberg When the topic of activated carbon is opened for discussion, the first thought that comes to mind for many in the water-treatment industry is remediation for chlorine, taste, and...
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Testing Activated Carbon Systems for Total PFAS Reduction
By Rick Andrew In 2019, NSF/ANSI 53 was updated to include requirements for reduction of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). Since then, work has been ongoing to expand...
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Activated Carbon Filters for Contaminant Remediation: Part 2
By Gary Battenberg In Part 1 of this series, we looked at activated carbon (AC) application and its use in drinking water point-of-use (POU) products and point-of-entry (POE), commercial, industrial,...
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