Ammoniacal nitrogen and COD removal from semi-aerobic landfill leachate using a composite adsorbent: Fixed bed column adsorption performance

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 960-964

  Halim, Azhar Abdul ^a   Aziz, Hamidi Abdul ^a   Johari, Megat Azmi Megat ^a   Ariffin, Kamar Shah ^b   Adlan, Mohd Nordin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ammoniacal nitrogen; COD; Column study; Composite adsorbent; Landfill leachate

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AMMONIACAL NITROGEN; BREAKTHROUGH CAPACITY; COD REMOVAL; COLUMN EFFICIENCY; COLUMN STUDY; COMPOSITE ADSORBENTS; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; FIXED BED COLUMNS; LANDFILL LEACHATES; REGENERATION PROCESS; SEMI-AEROBIC LANDFILL;

ADSORPTION; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSITE; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXED BED REACTOR; LANDFILL LEACHATE; REACTOR OPERATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 72049123754     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.10.103     Document Type: Article

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