Removal of reactive dyes from wastewater by adsorption on coir pith activated carbon

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1329-1336

  Santhy, K ^a   Selvapathy, P ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; BDST; Coir pith activated carbon; Reactive dyes; Textile effluent

Indexed keywords

BED DEPTH SERVICE TIME (BDST) ANALYSIS; COIR PITH ACTIVATED CARBON; REACTIVE DYES; TEXTILE EFFLUENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; COLOR REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DYES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS; POLYVINYL ACETATES; RATE CONSTANTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DYE; POLYVINYL ACETATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; COLOR REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DYES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS; POLYVINYL ACETATES; RATE CONSTANTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; COIR; DYE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; DECOLORIZATION; ELUTION; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANIONS; CELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; COLORING AGENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGNIN; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZINES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DYES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; TEXTILES; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33646025531     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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