Vermiculite filtration for removal of oil from water

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 156-161

  Mysore, Deepa ^a   Viraraghavan, Thiruvenkatachari ^a   Jin, Yee Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abatement and removal; Filtration; Oils; Sorption

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMULSIONS; FILTRATION; REMOVAL; SORPTION; WATER;

OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; THOMAS EQUATION; VERMICULITE FILTRATION;

OILS AND FATS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMULSIONS; FILTRATION; OILS AND FATS; REMOVAL; SORPTION; WATER;

EMULSION; FILTRATION; OIL; SORPTION; VERMICULITE; WATER TREATMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; REGINA; SASKATCHEWAN;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 33745268221     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2006)10:3(156)     Document Type: Article

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