Optimizing coagulant demand by Nephelometric Turbidimeter Monitoring System (NTMS)

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 95-100

  Cheng, Wen Po ^a   Yu, Ruey Fang ^a   Hsieh, Ying Ju ^a   Wu, Shu Yi ^a   Huang, Yu Wei ^a   Chen, Sin Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Floc size; Nephelometric; Standard deviation; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954189729     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1048     Document Type: Article

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