Sustainable treatment method of a high concentrated NH3 wastewater by using natural zeolite in closed-loop fixed bed systems

Open Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Zorpas, Antonis A ^a   Inglezakis, Vassilis J ^b   Stylianou, Marinos ^b   Irene, Voukkali ^a  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Cyprus)

^b SC European Focus Consulting srl   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ammonia removal; Clinoptilolite; Closed loop fixed bed; Environmental friendly technology; Sustainable technology; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015480693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18763251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876325101004010001     Document Type: Article

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