Phosphorus removal by acid mine drainage sludge from secondary effluents of municipal wastewater treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3275-3284

  Wei, Xinchao ^a   Viadero Jr , Roger C ^b   Bhojappa, Shilpa ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Isotherm; Nutrients removal; Phosphorus removal; Tertiary treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COAL MINES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRAINAGE; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTHERMS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; TESTING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE SLUDGES; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; ENHANCED PHOSPHORUS REMOVALS; MUNICIPAL SECONDARY EFFLUENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NUTRIENTS REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; TERTIARY TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

ADSORBENT; COAL; METAL; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADSORPTION; COAL MINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ISOTHERM; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SLUDGE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; ISOTHERM; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54049130484     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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