Development of fixed bed adsorber for abatement of endosulfan in aqueous media

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-108

  Yedla, S ^a,b   Dikshit, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Breakthrough; Desorption; Endosulfan; Fixed bed reactor

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DESORPTION; INSECTICIDES; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; BED DEPTH SERVICE TIME; BREAKTHROUGH; ENDOSULFANS; EXPERIMENTAL CURVES; FIXED BED REACTOR; LABORATORY COLUMNS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORBENT; CHARCOAL; ENDOSULFAN; METHANOL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; FIXED BED; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; FIXED BED REACTOR; MODEL; RURAL AREA; TIME; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0036197898     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332508618437     Document Type: Article

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