Flow and filtration through granular media - The effect of grain and particle size dispersion

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 310-322

  Stevenson, D G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filtration; Granular media filtration; Mathematical model; Porous media; Sand filtration; Wastewater filtration; Water filtration; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF WATER; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY; SHEAR STRESS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CAPTURE PROBABILITY; CARMAN KOZENY EQUATION; PARTICLE SIZE DISPERSION;

WATER FILTRATION;

FILTRATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROUS MEDIA;

EID: 0030617329     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00271-0     Document Type: Article

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