Treatment of wastewater containing mineral oil by sorption onto granulated cork

The aim of this work is the development of a new method to remove oils from wastewaters, namely hydrocarbons. These contaminants, when present in high concentrations, are efficiently removed by physical and chemical processes, such as gravity separators, flocculation and flotation processes; however...

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Main Author: Ferreira, Catarina Isabel de Almeida (author)
Other Authors: Pereira, J. (author), Pintor, Ariana (author), Correia, P. (author), Silva, J. (author), Vilar, V. (author), Botelho, Cidália (author), Martins, Ramiro (author), Orfão, J. (author), Boaventura, Rui (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10958
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/10958