Hybrid Sargassum-sand sorbent: A novel adsorbent in packed column to treat metal-bearing wastewaters from inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1685-1693

  Vijayaraghavan, K ^a,b   Joshi, U M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

algae; bioremediation; biosorption; packed column; separation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPLE METAL IONS; PACKED COLUMN; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES;

ALGAE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; EXPERIMENTS; LEAD; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METAL IONS; REMOVAL; SEPARATION; SPECTROMETRY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORBENT; CADMIUM; CUPROUS ION; LEAD; METAL ION; SORBENT; TRACE METAL;

ALGA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BATCH REACTOR; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HYBRID; METAL BEARING WASTEWATER; PACKED BED REACTOR; PH; SALINITY; SAND; SARGASSUM; SOLID; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; METALS, HEAVY; SARGASSUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84883567664     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2013.815503     Document Type: Article

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