Selenium treatment technologies & case studies

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 77-88

  Hagelstein, Karen ^a   Mudder, Terry I ^a  

^a TIMES Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices3; In situ remediation5; Metal processing and mine wastewaters4; Removal technologies2; Selenium1

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROCESS; ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; ANALYTICAL PROPERTIES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES3; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; IN SITU REMEDIATION5; IN-SITU; MEMBRANE PROCESS; METAL PROCESSING; METAL PROCESSING AND MINE WASTEWATERS4; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PILOT TESTING; PROCESS CHEMISTRY; SELENIUM REMOVAL; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOURCE CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANTS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

ADSORPTION; BIOFILTRATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RESEARCH; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 70349464840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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