Adsorptive Removal of Manganese, Arsenic and Iron from Groundwater: Unesco-Ihe PhD Thesis

ISBN-13: 9781138474697 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Richard Buamah

Opis

Covers batch and pilot experiments and modeling on manganese adsorption equilibrium and kinetics using iron-oxide coated sand (IOCS), Aquamandix and other media. This book studies effect of manganese and iron loading on manganese removal and rate of oxidation of adsorbed iron and manganese.

O autorze

Richard Buamah (1966) is born in Ghana.He completed Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 1990. Five years later he completed his Master of philosophy degree programme in Biochemistry at KNUST. In 2000 he joined the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (the Urban Water and Infracture department) to pursue a number of graduate courses in Water Treatment followed by a PhD programme under sandwich construction.
He has twelve publications to his credit and has presented papers and posters at several peer reviewed conferences including the Biennial World Water Congress of the IWA (2008, Vienna, Austria), the Leading Edge Technology Conference of theIWA (2008 Zurich, Switzerland) and UCOWR/NIWR conference, (2009, Durham, North Carolina – USA).