Remediation of mechanical thermal expression product waters using raw Latrobe Valley brown coals as adsorbents

Craig John Butler, Alison Mary Green, Alan Loyd Chaffee

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Abstract

This study investigates the ability of Latrobe Valley brown coal itself to adsorb organic and inorganic components from MTE product water. The adsorbent/water contact mechanism used in this paper is the physical mixing of MTE water with brown coal. The ability of the coals to remove Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) and cations increased with the concentration of these components in the MTE water.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1130 - 1138
Number of pages9
JournalFuel
Volume86
Issue number7-Aug
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

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