Application of phycoremediation technology in the treatment of wastewater from a leather-processing chemical manufacturing facility

Water SA

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Hanumantha Rao, P ^a   Ranjith Kumar, R ^a   Raghavan, B ^a   Subramanian, V ^a   Sivasubramanian, V ^a  

^a RKM Vivekananda College   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Effluent; ETP solid; Microalgae; Phycoremediation

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING; CHEMICAL METHOD; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CURRENT PRACTICES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANTS; ETP SOLID; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD STUDIES; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LABORATORY STUDIES; MICROALGA; MICROALGAE; PHYCOREMEDIATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PILOT SCALE; SCAVENGING PROPERTIES; TAMIL NADU;

ALGAE; CHEMICAL PLANTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; LEATHER; MANUFACTURE; MICROORGANISMS; SEWAGE; SOLID WASTES; TANNING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EFFLUENT; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; MANUFACTURING; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOLID WASTE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 79251645637     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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