A combination of ion exchange and electrochemical reduction for nitrate removal from drinking water. Part I: Nitrate removal using a selective anion exchanger in the bicarbonate form with reuse of the regenerant solution

Water Environment Research

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2686-2690

  Jelínek, Luděk ^a   Parschová, Helena ^a   Matějka, Zdeněk ^a   Paidar, Martin ^a   Bouzek, Karel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Integrated process; Ion exchange; Nitrate removal

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; NITRATES; REDUCTION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANION EXCHANGER; BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION;

POTABLE WATER;

BICARBONATE; DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

DRINKING WATER; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; ION EXCHANGE; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; REDUCTION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 11344259482     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1554-7531.2004.tb00230.x     Document Type: Article

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