Modeling and Comparison of Electrolytic Aeration and ORC® Aeration of Anoxic Groundwater in a Simulated Laboratory Aquifer

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 677-691

  Goel, Ramesh K ^a   Liu, Lubo ^a   Flora, Joseph R V ^a   Meadows, Michael E ^a   Irwin, Walter G ^b  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b S Carolina Electric and Gas Company   (United States)

Author keywords

In well aeration; Oxygenation; Remediation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN;

ELECTROLYTIC AERATION;

WATER AERATION;

GROUND WATER; OXYGEN; SCAVENGER; SODIUM SULFITE;

AERATION; AQUIFER; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROLYSIS; FLOW RATE; LABORATORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; TECHNOLOGY;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0344874715     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109287503770736186     Document Type: Article

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