Comparison of single-step and two-step purified coagulants from Moringa oleifera seed for turbidity and DOC removal

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6259-6261

  Sanchez Martin J ^a   Ghebremichael, K ^b   Beltran Heredia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coagulation flocculation; Drinking water; Moringa oleifera; Turbidity removal

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION FLOCCULATION; CRUDE EXTRACT; DRINKING WATER; ION EXCHANGE PROCESS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NETHERLANDS; SINGLE-STEP; TURBIDITY REMOVAL;

DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; ION EXCHANGE; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY;

COAGULATION;

COAGULATING AGENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; COAGULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER; FLOCCULATION; RIVER WATER; SEED; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; TURBIDITY;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; OXYGEN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; VISCOSITY;

MEUSE RIVER; NETHERLANDS;

MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 77951254557     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.02.072     Document Type: Article

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