Investigation of organic, inorganic and synthetic adsorbents for the pretreatment of landfill leachate

Environmental Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-552

  Shahriari, H ^a   Fernandes, L ^a   Tezel, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Batch and column studies; Contaminants; Kinetics; Peat moss

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; ENZYME KINETICS; FILTRATION; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZEOLITES;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; CARBONACEOUS BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; COLUMN STUDY; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; PEAT MOSS; SYNTHETIC ADSORBENTS; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; BARIUM; BENZENE; BORON; ETHYLBENZENE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADSORBENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LEACHATE TREATMENT; REACTION KINETICS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; KINETICS; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BASALT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ISOTHERM; KINETICS; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LEACHING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPHAGNUM; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 45849122848     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330801984951     Document Type: Article

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