Employing the Taguchi method to obtain the optimum conditions of coagulation-flocculation process in tannery wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-134

  Aber, S ^a   Salari, D ^a   Parsa, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Chromium; Coagulant aid; COD; Experimental design; Industrial wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; COAGULANT AID; COAGULATION FLOCCULATION; COD REMOVAL; EFFECTIVE FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; JAR TEST; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; TANNERY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TREATMENT PROCESS; TURBIDITY REMOVAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COAGULATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOCCULATION; PH EFFECTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; STATISTICS; TAGUCHI METHODS; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 77954538075     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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