Alum residuals as a low technology for phosphorus removal from aquaculture processing water

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-238

  Mortula, M M ^a   Gagnon, G A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alum residuals; BOD5; Fixed bed column test; Freundlich isotherm; Langmuir isotherm

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); SURFACE WATERS;

ALUM RESIDUALS; FIXED BED COLUMN TEST; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM;

AQUACULTURE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRINKING WATER; ISOTHERM; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; BOD; DISCHARGE; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 33947318766     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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