Reuse of coal combustion ashes as dyes and heavy metal adsorbents: Effect of sieving and demineralization on waste properties and adsorption capacity

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-180

  Montagnaro, Fabio ^a   Santoro, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cadmium; Coal combustion ashes beneficiation; Methylene blue; Physico chemical characterization

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT MATERIALS; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION MECHANISMS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CAPTURE EFFICIENCIES; COAL COMBUSTION ASHES BENEFICIATION; HEAVY METAL ADSORBENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATIONS; MAXIMUM VALUES; METHYLENE BLUE; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RE UTILIZATIONS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TOXIC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; BENEFICIATION; CADMIUM; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; METAL RECOVERY; RANGE FINDING; REMOVAL; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 64549138420     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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