Geochemical modeling of trace element release from biosolids

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 743-755

  Apul, Defne S ^a   Diaz, Maria E ^a   Gustafsson, Jon Petter ^b   Hundal, Lakhwinder S ^c  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; metal leaching; modeling; multisurface modeling; Visual MINTEQ

Indexed keywords

CHICAGO; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FARM LAND; FE OXIDE; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GEOCHEMICAL MODELS; INORGANIC SORBENTS; LEACHATE CONCENTRATIONS; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; MATRIX; METAL BINDING; METAL LEACHING; MODELING; MODELING RESULTS; MULTI-SURFACE; ORGANIC MATTER; PH-DEPENDENT; SORBENT SURFACE; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; TRACE METAL; VISUAL MINTEQ; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTHERMS; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; SORPTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTHERM; LEACHING; METAL BINDING; PARAMETER; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 77958060099     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2009.0322     Document Type: Article

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