Water management and reuse opportunities in a thermal power plant in Jordan

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 4606-4614

  Al Smadi, Bashar ^a   Al Zboon, Kamel ^b   Al Azab, Tariq ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Boiler blow down; Industrial water reuse; Industrial water treatment; Power plants; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; GROUND WATER; IRON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HARDNESS; JORDAN; PH; THERMAL POWER PLANT; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 77955024803     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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