Browsing Faculty of Engineering by Subject "Coal tailings leachate"

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Hydrothermal preparation of biochar from spent coffee grounds, and its application for the removal of cadmium from coal tailings leachate

Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Weideman, R.; Moyakhe, D.; Waanders, F.B.; Le Roux, M.; Campbell, Q.P. (SAIMM, 2019)

Spent coffee grounds were transformed into biochar using a hydrothermal method. Some of the biochar product was pre-treated through surfactant impregnation with sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) to enhance its adsorption ...