Date-palm fibers media filters as a potential technology for tertiary domestic wastewater treatment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 161, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 608-613

  Riahi, Khalifa ^a   Mammou, Abdallah Ben ^b   Thayer, Béchir Ben ^a  

^a National Engineering School of Monastir Iben   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Date palm fibers; Environment; Filtration; Tunisia; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BANDPASS FILTERS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FIBERS; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; PHOSPHORUS; RECLAMATION; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED-SLUDGE TREATMENT PROCESS; DATE PALM FIBERS; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES; TUNISIA;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DICOTYLEDON; DOMESTIC WASTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; INVERTEBRATE; PHOSPHORUS; TURBIDITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DATE (FRUIT); DOMESTIC WASTE; FILTER; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; HELMINTH; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PLANT FIBER; REVIEW; TURBIDITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; VERMES;

EID: 56349159074     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.04.013     Document Type: Review

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