The use of alum, ferric chloride and ferrous sulphate as coagulants in removing suspended solids, colour and COD from semi-aerobic landfill leachate at controlled pH

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 556-565

  Hamidi, Abdul Aziz ^a   Alias, Salina ^a   Assari, Faridah ^a   Adlan, Mohd Nordin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alum; Coagulation and flocculation; Ferric chloride; Ferrous sulphate; Leachate; Semi aerobic landfill; Wmr 999 2

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; COLOR; FLOCCULATION; LAND FILL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH; REMOVAL;

SEMI-AEROBIC LANDFILL; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERROUS SULFATE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; COLOR; FLOCCULATION; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH; REMOVAL;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PH;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLOCCULATION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MALAYSIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; ALUM COMPOUNDS; COLOR; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FLOCCULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PENANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 36949007388     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07079876     Document Type: Article

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