A comparison of horizontal roughing filters and vertical roughing filters in wastewater treatment using gravel as a filter media

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1240-1247

  Nkwonta, Onyeka ^a  

^a MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adsorption and vertical roughing filters; Horizontal roughing filters; Roughing filters

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958051155     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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