Adsorption isotherm studies of BOD, TSS and colour reduction from palm oil mill effluent (POME) using boiler fly ash

Ecletica Quimica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-208

  Igwe, J C ^a   Onyegbado, C O ^b   Abia, A A ^b  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Boiler flyash; Isotherm; POME; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650341825     PISSN: 01004670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-46702010000300020     Document Type: Article

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