Adsorption of BTEX on Surfactant Modified Granulated Natural Zeolite Nanoparticles: Parameters Optimizing by Applying Taguchi Experimental Design Method

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 939-948

  Seifi, Laleh ^a   Torabian, Ali ^a   Kazemian, Hossein ^b   Bidhendi, Gholamreza Nabi ^a   Azimi, Ali Akbar ^a   Nazmara, Shapoor ^c   Alimohammadi, Mohammad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adsorption; BTEX; Granulated nanozeolite; Optimization; Surfactant modified adsorbents; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRANULAR MEDIUM; MTBE; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACTANT; ZEOLITE;

EID: 80054083105     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000390     Document Type: Article

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