Application of pulsed spark discharge for calcium carbonate precipitation in hard water

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3659-3668

  Yang, Yong ^a   Kim, Hyoungsup ^a   Starikovskiy, Andrey ^a   Fridman, Alexander ^a   Cho, Young I ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate precipitation; Hard water; Physical water treatment; Plasma; Spark discharge

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; IONS; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM IONS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; HARD WATER; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; PHYSICAL WATER TREATMENTS; PULSED SPARK DISCHARGE; SPARK DISCHARGE;

WATER HARDNESS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; ELEMENT; WATER;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROKINESIS; EVAPORATION; LABORATORY METHOD; PLASMA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROLYSIS; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER HARDNESS; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HARDNESS; LABORATORY; PRECIPITATION; PROCEDURES; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

BICARBONATES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELEMENTS; HARDNESS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LABORATORIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77953622625     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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