Development and utilization of aerobic granules for the palm oil mill (POM) wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-220

  Gobi, K ^a   Mashitah, M D ^a   Vadivelu, V M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Aerobic granules; POM wastewater; Response Surface Methodology (RSM)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION METHOD; ADSORPTION SYSTEM; AEROBIC GRANULES; AVERAGE DIAMETER; BED HEIGHT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; DRIVING FORCES; EFFICIENT TREATMENT; MAXIMUM VALUES; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PALM OIL; POM WASTEWATER; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

ADSORPTION; BATCH REACTORS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TURBIDITY; VEGETABLE OILS; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80053966274     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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