The removal of organic pollutants from industrial effluents via tapered bed adsorption columns

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-33

  McKay, Gordon ^a   Sze, Michael Fan Fu ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acid dye; Activated carbon; Adsorption; BDST; Bed depth service time; Fixed bed; Para chlorophenol; Tapered column

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLIC RESINS; REMOVAL;

ACID DYES; BED DEPTH SERVICE TIMES; FIXED BEDS; PARACHLOROPHENOLS; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; TAPERED COLUMNS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLOROPHENOL; DYE; EFFLUENT; FLOW VELOCITY; ISOTHERM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

EID: 42449107732     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2008.017857     Document Type: Article

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