Development of a mathematical model for physical disintegration of flushable consumer products in wastewater systems

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-465

  Karadagli, Fatih ^a   McAvoy, Drew C ^b   Rittmann, Bruce E ^c  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disintegration; Flushable solids; Model; Sewers; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DISINTEGRATION; MODELS; SEWERS; TURBULENCE;

DISINTEGRATION RATE; FASTER RATES; FRACTIONAL DISTRIBUTION; MODEL ANALYSIS; SOLID PRODUCTS; WASTE WATER SYSTEMS; WATER SOLUBLE COMPONENTS; WATERSOLUBLE;

RATE CONSTANTS;

BIODEGRADATION; FLUSHING; HYDROLYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONSUMER; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DISSOLUTION; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TURBULENT FLOW; WASTE WATER; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 67649543909     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X357101     Document Type: Article

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