Removal of colloidal biogenic selenium from wastewater

Chemosphere

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 130-138

  Staicu, Lucian C ^a,b   Van Hullebusch, Eric D ^b   Oturan, Mehmet A ^b   Ackerson, Christopher J ^c   Lens, Piet N L ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Université Paris Est UPEM   (France)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum sulfate; Centrifugation; Coagulation flocculation; Colloids; Elemental selenium; Filtration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ALUMINUM SULFATE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; FLOCCULATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANE FOULING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OSTWALD RIPENING; SELENIUM; SOLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY;

ANAEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE; COAGULATION FLOCCULATION; COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTAL SELENIUM; NEGATIVE ZETA POTENTIALS; POLYDISPERSITY INDICES; SOLID LIQUID SEPARATION; TURBIDITY REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

FILTRATION;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; SELENIUM; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ALUMINUM COMPOUND; CENTRIFUGE; COAGULATION; COLLOID; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SELENIUM; SEPARATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CENTRIFUGATION; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; LIQUID; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SEDIMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SLUDGE; SOLID; SURFACE CHARGE; TURBIDITY; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHOTOMETRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHLORIDES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SELENIUM; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84923354399     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

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