Active slag filters-simple and sustainable phosphorus removal from wastewater using steel industry byproduct

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1713-1718

  Pratt, C ^a   Shilton, A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active filters; Phosphorus; Slag; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTRATION; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION SITE; BATCH EQUILIBRIUM; BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; CHEMICAL REGENERATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FILTER PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY TEST; NEAR-NEUTRAL PH; OXYHYDROXIDES; P REMOVAL; P RETENTION; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; REACTIVE SUBSTRATES; REMOVAL CAPACITY; RETENTION CAPACITY; STEEL INDUSTRY; STEEL SLAG; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; IRON; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLAGS; STEELMAKING; WASTEWATER; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACTIVE FILTERS;

CALCIUM SILICATE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; MAGNESIUM SILICATE; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM DITHIONITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLAG; STEEL; WASTEWATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ACTIVE FILTER; ACTIVE SLAG FILTER; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXHAUSTION; FILTRATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ISOTHERM; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLAG; WASTE WATER; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

FILTRATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALLURGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORUS; STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78751496656     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.389     Document Type: Article

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