Aluminum recovery from water treatment sludges

Aluminum sulfate and polyaluminum chloride are widely used as coagulants in water treatment plants. A chemical sludge containing aluminium hydroxide, adsorbed organic matter and other water insoluble impurities is obtained after the flocculation-clarification process. In Portugal, an estimated amoun...

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Main Author: Boaventura, Rui A. Rocha (author)
Other Authors: Duarte, António A. L. Sampaio (author), Almeida, Manuel F. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5906
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/5906