Making chlorine greener: Investigation of alternatives to sulfite for dechlorination

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2505-2514

  Bedner, Mary ^a,b   MacCrehan, William A ^a   Helz, George R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloramine; Dechlorination; Iron metal; Sulfite; Thiosulfate; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISINFECTION; ECOSYSTEMS;

CHLOROAMINES; REDUCING AGENTS; SULFITE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE; DITHIONITE; IODIDE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFITE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

DECHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; IRON; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2542431251     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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