Experimental Design Methodology for the Preparation of Activated Carbon from Sewage Sludge by Chemical Activation Process

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2941-2951

  Sheha, Dania ^a,b   Khalaf, Hasan ^a   Daghestani, Nader ^a  

^a AL BAATH UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b not available   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Chemical activation; Experimental design; Pyrolysis; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885647248     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0470-4     Document Type: Article

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