Preparation of tamarind fruit seed activated carbon by microwave heating for the adsorptive treatment of landfill leachate: A laboratory column evaluation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 133, Issue , 2013, Pages 599-605

  Foo, K Y ^a,b   Lee, L K ^a,b   Hameed, B H ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b RIVER ENGINEERING AND URBAN DRAINAGE RESEARCH CENTRE REDAC   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ammonical nitrogen; Chemical oxygen demand; Landfill leachate; Microwave; Tamarind fruit seed

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MICROWAVES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; TURBINES;

ADSORPTIVE TREATMENT; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; DYNAMIC ADSORPTION BEHAVIORS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; LANDFILL LEACHATES; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; SEMI-AEROBIC LANDFILL;

FRUITS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; TAMARIND FRUIT SEED GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FRUIT; HEATING; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MICROWAVE COOKING; PLANT SEED; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAMARIND;

EID: 84875232820     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.01.097     Document Type: Article

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