The impact of groundwater quality on the removal of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) using advanced oxidation technology

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2161-2165

  Tawabini, B ^a   Fayad, N ^b   Morsy, M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation; Groundwater quality; MTBE

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER CRIME; ETHERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIGHTING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; WATER QUALITY;

ADVANCED OXIDATION; ADVANCED OXIDATION TECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; INORGANIC SPECIES; LIQUID CIRCULATION; LOW PRESSURES; MEDIUM PRESSURE; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; MOLAR RATIO; PHOTOREACTORS; QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC; RADICAL SCAVENGERS; TREATMENT PROCESS; TWO SOURCES; UV LAMPS; UV/H2O2; WATER SAMPLES;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SULFATE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; WATER;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MTBE; NITRATE; OXIDATION; SCAVENGER; SULFATE;

ALKALINITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; OXIDATION; SAUDI ARABIA; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOIL; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SOIL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 73349118506     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.586     Document Type: Article

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