Removal of ammoniacal nitrogen (N-NH3) from municipal solid waste leachate by using activated carbon and limestone

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 371-375

  Abdul Aziz, Hamidi ^a   Adlan, Mohd Nordin ^a   Zahari, Mohd Shahrir Mohd ^a   Alias, Salina ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Ammoniacal nitrogen; Leachate; Limestone; Wmr 720 3

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; ATTENUATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LIMESTONE; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONICAL NITROGEN; LANDFILL OPERATORS; MALAYSIA;

SOLID WASTES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; LIMESTONE; NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; LEACHATE; LIMESTONE; MUNICIPAL WASTE; NITROGEN; REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; FILTRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MALAYSIA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; FILTRATION; MALAYSIA; NITROGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 7244226212     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X04047661     Document Type: Article

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