Combined magnetic field and adsorption process for treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME)

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 243, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-42

  Mohammed, Rafie Rushdy ^a   Ketabachi, Mohammad Reza ^b   McKay, Gordon ^c  

^a NORTHERN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activated carbon adsorption; Biological treatment; Colour; Magnetic field; Palm oil mill effluent (POME); TSS and COD

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION BY ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; COMBINED MAGNETIC FIELD; CONSTANT MAGNETIC FIELDS; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TSS AND COD;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; COLOR; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PALM OIL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84892995147     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.12.084     Document Type: Article

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