Chlorination by-products and their discharge from the cooling water system of a coastal electric plant

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1608-1612

  Rajamohan, R ^a   Vinnitha, E ^a   Venugopalan, V P ^a   Narasimhan, S V ^a  

^a Water and Steam Chemistry Division   (India)

Author keywords

Atomic power station; Biofouling control; Chlorination by products; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749050885     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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