Investigating dissolved air flotation performance with cyanobacterial cells and filaments

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3337-3344

  Teixeira, Margarida Ribau ^a   Sousa, Vânia ^a   Rosa, Maria João ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coagulant demand; Coagulation mechanisms; Dissolved air flotation; Microcystis aeruginosa; Natural organic matter; Planktothrix rubescens

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHLOROPHYLL; COAGULATION; CYTOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; EFFICIENCY; FLOTATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

COAGULANT DEMAND; COAGULATION MECHANISM; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MICROCYSTIN; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; COAGULATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION; FLOCCULATION; FLOTATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS;

EID: 77953013527     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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