Optimization of the adsorption of copper, lead and nickel from aqueous solution using chitosan-coated bentonite beads in a fixed bed adsorption column

• Main Author: Astillero, Eric Lance D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Permeable reactive barriers; Water > Purification; Heavy metals
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/5332
• Institution: De La Salle University

Heavy metal contamination in groundwater poses a big threat to our ecosystem as it eventually pollutes surface water and is difficult and expensive to treat. A rising inexpensive and energy efficient treatment method is the use of permeable reactive barriers (PRB), an in-situ decontamination method....