A comparative evaluation of biological activated carbon and activated sludge processes for the treatment of tannery wastewater

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1445-1455

  Tammaro, Marco ^a   Salluzzo, Antonio ^a   Perfetto, Raffaele ^b   Lancia, Amedeo ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biological activated carbon; Chromium removal; Organic matter removal; Wastewater tannery

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHROMIUM; PILOT PLANTS; POLLUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CONTINUOUS PILOT PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL ADDITIVES; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; TANNERY WASTEWATER;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84905407834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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