Comparison of efficiency between poly-aluminium chloride and aluminium sulphate coagulants during full-scale experiments in a drinking water treatment plant

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1507-1519

  Zouboulis, A ^a   Traskas, G ^a   Samaras, P ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alum; Coagulation; Direct filtration; Drinking water treatment; Full scale experiments; PACl; Residual aluminium concentration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FILTRATION; POTABLE WATER;

ALUM; DIRECT FILTRATION; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; RESIDUAL ALUMINIUM CONCENTRATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

COAGULATING; CONCENTRATION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 42649114065     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390801940903     Document Type: Article

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