An attempt to develop seaweed-based treatment technology for the remediation of complex metal-bearing laboratory wastewaters

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 278-283

  Vijayaraghavan, K ^a   Joshi, Umid Man ^a   Kamala Kannan, Seralathan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Biosorption; Ion exchange; Wastewater treatment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOSORBENTS; BIOSORPTION PROCESS; COMPLEX NATURE; FINAL EFFLUENTS; LABORATORY WASTEWATER; MODE OF OPERATIONS; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; REAL APPLICATIONS; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; TOTAL UPTAKE; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; EFFLUENTS; ION EXCHANGE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METAL IONS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

SEAWEED;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOREMEDIATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEAVY METAL; ION EXCHANGE; LABORATORY METHOD; SEAWEED; SORPTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

SARGASSUM; TURBINARIA CONOIDES; ULVA;

EID: 84865574082     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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