Removal of oil by walnut shell media

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8217-8220

  Srinivasan, Asha ^a   Viraraghavan, Thiruvenkatachari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oil on aqueous medium; Oil removal; Pure oil; Sorption capacity; Walnut shell media

Indexed keywords

GARNETS; HYDROCARBONS; LUBRICATING OILS; MINERAL OILS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SORBENTS; SORPTION; STANDARDS; VEGETABLE OILS; WEIGHING;

(LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; APPLYING PRESSURE; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; BATCH KINETIC STUDIES; ELSEVIER (CO); OIL REMOVAL; OIL SORPTION; PICK-UP; SORPTION CAPACITIES; STANDARD MINERAL OIL (SMO); UNIT WEIGHTING;

WATER POLLUTION;

MINERAL OIL; SORBENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; NUT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SHELL; SORPTION; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WALNUT; WALNUT SHELL MEDIA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WEIGHT;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; JUGLANS; PLANT OILS; TEMPERATURE;

JUGLANS;

EID: 47749085468     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.03.072     Document Type: Article

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