Use of rhamnolipid to remove heavy metals from wastewater by micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF)

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-127

  El Zeftawy, M A Monem ^a   Mulligan, Catherine N ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Micelles; Rhamnolipid; Ultrafiltration; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIO SURFACTANT; CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER; CONTAMINATED WATER; DATA QUALITY; ENHANCED ULTRAFILTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MICELLAR ENHANCED ULTRAFILTRATION; MOLAR RATIO; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; REFINING INDUSTRY; REJECTION RATIOS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; RHAMNOLIPID; RHAMNOLIPID BIOSURFACTANTS; RHAMNOLIPIDS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOMOLECULES; CADMIUM; HEAVY WATER; METAL REFINING; METALS; MICELLES; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 78751581624     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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