PFAS Compliance: Activated Carbon & Equipment Design Life Cycle Optimization 

2.0 PDHs 

Critical to tackling PFAS contamination will be optimization of the most established treatment technology, activated carbon. This EnviroClass will describe the fundamental science of activated carbon development, key activated carbon features, designing for targeted contaminant capture and provide examples of activated carbon PFAS adsorptive evaluation. Participants will also learn key granular activated carbon vessel design and service parameters and gain an understanding of life cycle considerations. 

Presenters:

Neal Megonnell, Vice President,AqueoUS Vets

Micala Mitchek, Senior Research and Development Engineer, Arq, Inc.

Neal Megonnell is the Vice President for AqueoUS Vets and has over 33 years of experience in the activated carbon industry, including escalating positions of technical and managerial responsibility. He is a member of the American Water Works Association Activated Carbon Committee, a voting member of the ASTM D28 Activated Carbon Committee, as well as several other industry related groups and committees. Neal spent many years of his career in R&D and has published multiple papers and holds two patents related to activated carbon.

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Micala Mitchek is a Senior Research and Development Engineer at Arq Incorporated. Micala has over eight years of experience in new activated carbon product design and field application development. Micala applies a strong fundamental scientific understanding to tuning activated carbon products to selectively remove specific environmental contaminants with emphasis on PFAS, coal combustion residual inorganics, total organic carbon, and taste and odor molecules. She specializes in applying her experience to accelerate the new product development process from concept formulation, fundamental investigations, and prototype development to full-scale customer demonstration and acceptance. Micala received her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Colorado State University and her master’s degree in environmental engineering science from the Colorado School of Mines.

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