Predicting anion breakthrough in granular ferric hydroxide (GFH) adsorption filters

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 2073-2082

  Sperlich, Alexander ^a   Schimmelpfennig, Sebastian ^a   Baumgarten, Benno ^a   Genz, Arne ^a   Amy, Gary ^b   Worch, Eckhard ^c   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenate; DOC; Granular ferric hydroxide; Modelling; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; PHOSPHATES;

GRANULAR FERRIC HYDROXIDE; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACE DIFFUSION MODEL (HSDM);

WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC ACID; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; PHOSPHATE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; PHOSPHATES; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANION; ARSENATE; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DIFFUSION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; IRON; ISOTHERM; MASS TRANSFER; PHOSPHATE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ISOTHERM; LIQUID; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 41949107474     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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