Physico-chemical method for ammonia removal from synthetic wastewater using limestone and GAC in batch and column studies

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 874-880

  Hussain, Sabir ^a   Aziz, Hamidi Abdul ^a   Isa, Mohamed Hasnain ^a   Adlan, Mohd Nordin ^a   Asaari, Faridah A H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherms; Adsorption kinetics; Ammoniacal nitrogen removal; Column filtration; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Limestone (LS)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION KINETICS; COLUMN FILTRATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC); SATURATION TIME;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AMMONIA; FILTRATION; LIMESTONE; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; LIMESTONE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AMMONIA; FILTRATION; LIMESTONE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; CARBON; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; LIMESTONE; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; FILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33748568794     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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