Performance of a powdered activated carbon (PAC) augmented activated sludge process treating semi-aerobic leachate

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 96-103

  Aghamohammadi, N ^a   Hamidi, A A ^a   Hasnain, Isa M ^a   Zinatizadeh, A A ^b   Nasrollahzadeh Saravi, H ^c   Ghafari, Sh ^d  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b Water and Power Industry Institute for Applied and Scientific Higher Education   (Iran)

^c Caspian Sea Ecology Research Center   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Powdered activated carbon; Semi aerobic leachate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; NIBONG TEBAL; PENANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 42449159003     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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