Remediation of mechanical thermal expression product waters using raw Latrobe Valley brown coals as adsorbents

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1130-1138

  Butler, C J ^a,b,c   Green, A M ^a,b   Chaffee, A L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brown coal dewatering; Coal filtration; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; COAL; DEWATERING; PURIFICATION; REMEDIATION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

BROWN COAL DEWATERING; COAL FILTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); INORGANIC IMPURITIES; PHYSICAL MIXING;

WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846198441     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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