Removal of ammonia nitrogen in wastewater by microwave radiation: A pilot-scale study

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 862-867

  Lin, Li ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Xu, Zuqun ^a   Yuan, Songhu ^a   Cao, Menghua ^a   Liu, Huangcheng ^a   Lu, Xiaohua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia nitrogen; Coke plant wastewater; Microwave; Pilot scale; Reactor

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; AMMONIA NITROGEN; AMMONIA NITROGEN REMOVAL; AMMONIA REMOVAL; CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER; HANDLING CAPACITY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MICROWAVE RADIATIONS; MICROWAVE REACTORS; MICROWAVE SYSTEMS; OPERATING CONDITION; OUTPUT POWER; PILOT-SCALE; PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; PILOT-SCALE STUDY; REACTOR; REAL WASTEWATER; RUNNING COST; STRIPPING METHODS; WASTEWATER FLOW;

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COKE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MICROWAVES; NITROGEN; STRIPPING (DYES); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NITROGEN; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COKING INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW RATE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; COKE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROWAVES; NITROGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67649771825     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.02.113     Document Type: Article

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