Adsorption of phenol onto activated carbon from seaweed: Determination of the optimal experimental parameters using factorial design

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 952-956

  Rathinam, Aravindhan ^a   Rao, Jonnalagadda Raghava ^a   Nair, Balachandran Unni ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; ANOVA; Brown seaweed; Factorial design; Phenol removal; Statistical design

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT DOSAGE; ADSORPTION OF PHENOL; AGITATION SPEED; BROWN SEAWEED; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; INDEPENDENT SET; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; PHENOL REMOVAL; STATISTICAL DESIGN; STATISTICAL TOOLS; ZINC CHLORIDE ACTIVATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; PHENOLS; SEAWEED; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 82855165205     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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