Coagulation-flocculation pretreatment of high-load chemical-pharmaceutical industry wastewater: Mixing aspects

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 255-262

  Torres, Luis G ^a   Jaimes, Jorge ^b   Mijaylova, Petia ^b   Ramírez, Esperanza ^b   Jiménez, Blanca ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coagulation flocculation; High load wastewaters; Impellers; Mixing; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; FLOCCULATION; MIXING; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WATER QUALITY;

AGITATION SYSTEMS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GUAR GUM; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; XANTHAN;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG INDUSTRY; FLOCCULATION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030719911     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00395-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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