Water purification by a combination of sunlight, titanium dioxide and alum

Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmetal Resources Congress: Critical Transitions in Water and Environmetal Resources Management

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2918-2926

  Salih, Fadhil M ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Alum; Disinfection; E. Coli; Sunlight; TiO2; Water purification

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER TREATMENT;

ALUM; COAGULANTS; SOLAR DISINFECTION CAPACITY; WATER PURIFICATION;

PURIFICATION;

EID: 23844441277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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