Modelling the removal of p-TSA (para-toluenesulfonamide) during rapid sand filtration used for drinking water treatment

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 205-213

  Meffe, Raffaella ^a   Kohfahl, Claus ^a   Holzbecher, Ekkehard ^b   Massmann, Gudrun ^a   Richter, Doreen ^c   Dünnbier, Uwe ^d   Pekdeger, Asaf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c DVGW Technologiezentrum Wasser   (Germany)

^d BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microbial degradation; p TSA; Rapid sand filtration; Reactive transport modelling

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; RATE CONSTANTS; SAND; WATER AERATION; WATER FILTRATION;

DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; MICHAELIS-MENTEN KINETIC; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; RAPID SAND FILTRATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELLING;

INFILTRATION;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; TOLUENESULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DEGRADATION; FILTRATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

BERLIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 71849113837     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.08.046     Document Type: Article

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