Application of colloidal gas aphrons for pollution remediation

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-324

  Hashim, Mohd Ali ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Soumyadeep ^b   Gupta, Bhaskar Sen ^b   Sahu, Jaya Narayan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloidal gas aphrons (CGA); Contaminant; Microbubble; Pollution remediation technology; Separation

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL GAS APHRONS; COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES; CONTAMINANT; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH STABILITY; IONIC INTERACTION; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; MINERAL SEPARATION; NUTRIENT TRANSFER; POLLUTANT PARTICLES; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; PROTEIN SEPARATIONS; SMALL SIZE; SOIL MATRICES;

FROTH FLOTATION; GASES; REMEDIATION; SEPARATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

POLLUTION;

ASTAXANTHIN; BIONONEX; CETRIMIDE; CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE; COPPER; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DODECYLETHYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM SALT; GALLIC ACID; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOPEROXIDASE; NANOBUBBLE; NAPHTHALENE; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATE; OIL; OXYGEN; OZONE; POLYSORBATE 20; POLYSORBATE 60; POLYSTYRENE; POTASSIUM MONOLAURYL PHOSPHATE; PYRENE; PYRITE; SAPONIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM BIS 2 ETHYLHEXYL SULFOSUCCINATE; SORBITAN OLEATE; SURFACTANT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AIRFLOW; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COLLOID; COLLOIDAL GAS APHRON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; EFFLUENT; ENCAPSULATION; FLOTATION; FLOW KINETICS; FOAM; GRAVITY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIQUID; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION REMEDIATION; PRESSURE; REVIEW; SAPINDACEAE; SAPINDUS MUKUROSSI; SHEAR RATE; SOIL POLLUTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856725143     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.3691     Document Type: Review

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