what test that should be done to activated carbon filter of purified water system in order to evaluate the performance of the unit operation. (test such as TVB ,BET, chlorine,TOC,TSS, total hardness and so on)
I have attached a paper of mine that can help your researches.
In this article, I used some mineral adsorbents, that work like activated carbon, in porous concrete as filtration and I am working on a project that we use lignite and iron slag as filtration to improve the quality of leachate.
I suggest that you should conduct tests such as COD, BOD, EC, TSS, turbidity, nitrate, chlorine and heavy metals like Pb, Zn and Cr since I consider such tests for my experiment.
Please let me know in need of any further assistance.
active carbon use in industrial filters of all kinds in industrial water, drinking water, and oil refinery water in addition to military and industrial filters used to protect against chemical gases, military gases, various industrial chemical gases, and many other uses . the surface area of the active carbon was measured using the finest global techniques available and approved by the producing companies, including the use of a device (B.E, T) to measure the surface area, adsorption tests such as iodine adsorption, calculating the time of prevention for carbon granules by passing gasoline vapor. and so on .
It will depend on your influent water and expected effluent water quality. You should check the standard to see which factors your effluent sample should meet. From that, you will know the test that you should conduct