Spectral analysis of pressure variations during combined air and water backwash of rapid gravity filters

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3666-3672

  Hall, David ^a   Fitzpatrick, Caroline S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backwashing; Collapse pulsing; Fourier analysis; Frequency spectra; Pressure fluctuations; Rapid gravity filters

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACKWASHING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; RAPID GRAVITY FILTERS;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

WATER;

AIR; COLLAPSE; GRAVITY FILTER; PRESSURE ANALYSIS; PULSATION; WATER;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; FILTER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032874477     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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