Application of biodegradable natural polymers for flocculated sedimentation of clay slurry

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3313-3317

  Chakrabarti, Sampa ^a   Banerjee, Smritikana ^a   Chaudhuri, Basab ^a   Bhattacharjee, Sekhar ^a   Dutta, Binay K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clay slurry; Natural flocculants; Sedimentation rate; Tamarind seed kernel powder (TSKP); Water clarification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOCCULATION; SEDIMENTATION;

CLAY SLURRY; NATURAL FLOCCULANTS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TAMARIND SEED KERNEL POWDER (TSKP); WATER CLARIFICATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; POLYMER; STARCH;

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOCCULATION; SEDIMENTATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION; CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVERGREEN TREE; FLOCCULATION; POLYMER; SEDIMENTATION; SEED; SLURRY;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEED KERNEL; TAMARIND;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBOHYDRATES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KINETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; POWDERS; SEEDS; TAMARINDUS;

TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 38849185437     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.06.049     Document Type: Article

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