Biosorption characteristics of unicellular green alga Chlorella sorokiniana immobilized in loofa sponge for removal of Cr(III)

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-239

  AKHTAR, Nasreen ^a   IQBAL, Muhammad ^b   ZAFAR, Saeed Iqbal ^c   IQBAL, Javed ^c  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Biotechnology and Food Research Centre Lahore   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

biosorption; Chlorella sorokiniana; Cr(III); desorption; fixed bed column reactor; immobilization; loofa sponge

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BIOREACTORS; BIOSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FIXED BED COLUMN REACTOR; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION ISOTHERM; LOOFA SPONGE;

ALGAE;

CHROMIUM;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ALGAE; BIOREACTORS; BIOSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOREACTOR; CHROMIUM; DESORPTION; GREEN ALGA; IMMOBILIZATION; KINETICS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SPONGE; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LUFFA; METHODOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; CHLORELLA; CHROMIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; LUFFA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CHLOROPHYTA; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 38949180298     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)60036-4     Document Type: Article

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