Coagulation-flocculation treatment of high-strength agro-industrial wastewater using natural Cassia obtusifolia seed gum: Treatment efficiencies and flocs characterization

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 256, Issue , 2014, Pages 293-305

  Shak, Katrina Pui Yee ^a   Wu, Ta Yeong ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alum; Cassia obtusifolia; Palm oil mill effluent; Suspended solids; Taguchi orthogonal array; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; PALM OIL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ALUM; CASSIA OBTUSIFOLIA; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TAGUCHI ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84904890205     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.06.093     Document Type: Article

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