Economic justification and eco-friendly approach for regeneration of spent activated alumina for arsenic contaminated groundwater treatment

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-124

  Ghosh, Debabrata ^a   Gupta, Anirban ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Activated alumina; Arsenic; Financial burden; Pollution load; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC REMOVAL; BED VOLUME; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CONTAMINATED WATER; ECO-FRIENDLY; ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION; EFFECT OF PH; FINANCIAL BURDEN; IS COSTS; NAOH SOLUTIONS; POLLUTION LOAD; POLLUTION LOADS; REGENERATION;

ARSENIC; DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SINTERED ALUMINA;

ACTIVATED ALUMINA;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOTOXICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH MEASUREMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84863419665     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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