Effective removal of Cu 2+ ions from aqueous medium using alginate as biosorbent

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-124

  Singh, Lakhvinder ^a   Pavankumar, Asalapuram Ramachandran ^a   Lakshmanan, Ramnath ^a   Rajarao, Gunaratna Kuttuva ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algae; Alginate; Biosorption; Box Behnken design; Calcium alginate beads; Copper removal

Indexed keywords

AGITATION TIME; ALGINATE BEADS; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; BIOSORBENTS; BIOSORPTION PROCESS; BOX-BEHNKEN; BOX-BEHNKEN DESIGN; CALCIUM ALGINATE BEADS; COPPER CONCENTRATION; COPPER REMOVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM MODELS; LIFE FORM; MATRIX; OPERATING VARIABLES; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS;

ALGAE; ALGINATE; BIOSORPTION; CALCIUM; COPPER; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; IONS; PH EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ALGA; ALGINATE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CALCIUM; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTHERM; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SORPTION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALGAE;

EID: 83555164606     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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