Improvement of alum and PACl coagulation by polyacrylamides (PAMs) for the treatment of pulp and paper mill wastewater

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 510-517

  Ahmad, A L ^a   Wong, S S ^a   Teng, T T ^b   Zuhairi, A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Flocculation; Polyelectrolyte; Sludge volume index

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; POLYACRYLATES; TURBIDITY;

ANIONIC POLYACRYLAMIDE; PACL COAGULATION; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; POLYACRYLATES; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; PAPER INDUSTRY; POLYACRYLATES; PULP INDUSTRY; TURBIDITY;

EID: 39749095411     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.03.088     Document Type: Article

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