Transient behavior of a packed column of Eichhornia crassipes stem for the removal of hexavalent chromium

Desalination

Volumn 297, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-58

  Singha, Somdutta ^a   Sarkar, Ujjaini ^a   Mondal, Sourav ^a   Saha, Sudeshna ^a,b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Batch equilibrium analysis; Breakthrough; Dynamic simulation; Hexavalent chromium; Packed column; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; BATCH EQUILIBRIUM; BED HEIGHT; BREAKTHROUGH; BREAKTHROUGH TIME; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; EQUILIBRIUM SORPTION; FIXED-BED ADSORPTION; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INITIAL FEED CONCENTRATION; ISOTHERM MODELS; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; PACKED COLUMN; PARAMETERIZED; POLYMER BEADS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; TEMKIN ISOTHERM; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; WATER HYACINTH; WATERBODIES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CHROMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUATIC PLANT; CHROMIUM; EFFLUENT; EQUILIBRIUM; STEM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 84862309072     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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