M. Tech. Engineering: Chemical. / Focuses on the emerging application of clinoptilolite in removing aspirin and cephalexin from municipal wastewater streams. The mechanisms of sorbent-organic compounds interaction was studied in detail. Specifically, this research aims to achieve the following objectives: I. to investigate the sorption capacity of surfactant modified clinoptilolite on the removal of aspirin and cephalexin ; II. To relate sorbents performance to process variables with sorbent properties and water quality ; III. to compare the sorption capacity of surfactant modified clinoptilolite to commercial emerging adsorbents on the removal of aspirin and cephalexin from aqueous solution ; IV. to apply existing mathematical models to describe isotherms and kinetic data in order to extract design parameters.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001109 |
Date | January 2013 |
Creators | Ntamo, Sihlangule Abenathi. |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Text |
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