Optimized use of alum together with unmodified Cassia obtusifolia seed gum as a coagulant aid in treatment of palm oil mill effluent under natural pH of wastewater

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 1169-1178

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agro industrial wastewater; Coagulation; Flocs; Natural coagulant; Response surface methodology; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; OIL SHALE; OXYGEN; PALM OIL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CASSIA OBTUSIFOLIA SEEDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; FLOCS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; NATURAL COAGULANT; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

AGROINDUSTRY; ALUMINUM COMPOUND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEGUME; MONOCOTYLEDON; OPTIMIZATION; PH; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA;

EID: 84941037600     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.07.072     Document Type: Article

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