Modeling NOM breakthrough in GAC adsorbers using nonparametric regression techniques

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1280-1296

  Zachman, Bradley A ^a   Rajagopalan, Balaji ^a   Summers, R Scott ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Disinfection byproducts; Drinking water quality; Natural organic matter; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CARBON; PH EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; PH; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 35948932166     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.0223     Document Type: Article

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