Heterogeneity of rapid sand filters and its effect on contaminant transport and nitrification performance

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 248-257

  Lopato, Laure ^a   Galaj, Zofia ^b   Delpont, Sébastien ^c   Binning, Philip J ^a   Arvin, Erik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Krüger ^*  (Denmark)

^c BeCitizen   (France)

Author keywords

Clogging; Heterogeneity; Nitrification; Pollutants; Porous media; Salt; Salt tracer; Sand filter

Indexed keywords

CLOGGING; HETEROGENEITY; POLLUTANTS; POROUS MEDIA; SAND FILTER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CURVE FITTING; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTS; INLET FLOW; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; POTABLE WATER; SAND; VELOCITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER FILTRATION;

BIOFILM; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; HETEROGENEITY; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POREWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTION KINETICS; SALT; TRACER; VELOCITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79955453102     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000321     Document Type: Article

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