Optimization of alum-coagulation/flocculation for COD and TSS removal from five municipal wastewater

Desalination

Volumn 211, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 113-127

  Guida, Marco ^a   Mattei, Marialuisa ^a   Della Rocca, Clauido ^b   Melluso, Giovanni ^a   Meriç, Süreyya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aluminium sulphate; Coagulation flocculation process; COD and TSS removal; Municipal wastewater; Residual aluminium; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; OPTIMIZATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIONIC POLYELECTROLYTE; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; OPTIMIZATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALUMINUM COMPOUND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; OPTIMIZATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 34248665320     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.02.086     Document Type: Article

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