Role of zeta (#) potential in the optimization of water treatment facility operations

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2305-2308

  Morfesis, Ana ^a,b   Jacobson, Annette M ^b   Frollini, Rosemary ^b   Helgeson, Matthew ^b   Billica, Judy ^c   Gertig, Kevin R ^c  

^a Malvern Instruments Inc   (United States)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^c City of Fort Collins Water Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATING AGENTS; FORT COLLINS; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; RAW WATERS; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; WATER CLARIFICATIONS; WATER PRODUCTIONS; WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CLARIFICATION; FLOCCULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; TURBIDITY;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 65349175771     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800524x     Document Type: Article

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