Steady-state humic-acid-containing blanket in upflow suspended bed

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 831-838

  Sung, S S ^a   Lee, D J ^a   Huang, Chihpin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blanket; Drinking water; Flocculation clarifier; Humic acid; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; TURBIDITY; WATER;

POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE (PACL); SOLID-FLUX PLOT; STEADY-STATE BEHAVIOR; SUSPENDED BED;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; COAGULATING AGENT; HUMIC ACID; POLYAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

DRINKING WATER; FLOCCULATION; HUMIC ACID; SLUDGE BLANKET CLARIFIER; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENERGY YIELD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 14644417243     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.12.030     Document Type: Article

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