Conversion of biomass from an invasive species into activated carbons for removal of nitrate from wastewater

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-95

  Nunell, G V ^a,b   Fernandez M E ^a,b   Bonelli, P R ^a,b   Cukierman, A L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Chemical activation; Nitrate pollution; Parkinsonia aculeata wood; Urea post treated carbons

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING AGENTS; AFTER-TREATMENT; COMMERCIAL SAMPLE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANGMUIR MODELS; NITRATE IONS; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITRATE UPTAKE; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROUS STRUCTURES; UREA SOLUTIONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; METABOLISM; NITRATES; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; UREA;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANION; BIOMASS; HYDROXIDE; INORGANIC ACID; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTHERM; LEGUME; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROUS MEDIUM; POTASSIUM; UREA; WASTEWATER; WOOD;

EID: 84862741417     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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