Enhanced performance of crumb rubber filtration for ballast water treatment

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1396-1399

  Tang, Zhijian ^a   Butkus, Michael A ^b   Xie, Yuefeng F ^c  

^a Koch Membrane Systems Inc   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Coagulation; Crumb rubber; Filtration; Invasive species; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BALLAST WATER; CRUMB RUBBER; FILTRATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; SALINITY;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAGULATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POROUS MATERIALS; REMOVAL; RUBBER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TURBIDITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER FILTRATION;

BALLAST WATER; COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RUBBER; SALINITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

FILTRATION; PLANKTON; RUBBER; SHIPS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 60449116632     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.048     Document Type: Article

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