Treatment of Adsorbable organic halides from recycled paper industry wastewater using a GAC-SBBR pilot plant system

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2388-2393

  Muhamad, M H ^a   Abdullah, S R S ^a   Mohamad, A B ^a   Rahman, R A ^a   Khadum, A A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorbable organic halides (AOX); Pentachlorophenol; Pilot plant GAC SBBR; Recycled paper industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957516276     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.2388.2393     Document Type: Article

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