An antimicrobial polycationic sand filter for water disinfection

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1997-2003

  Onnis Hayden, Annalisa ^a   Hsu, Bryan B ^b   Klibanov, Alexander M ^b   Gu, April Z ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial polymer; Bactericidal; Disinfection; Sand filter

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMERS; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; AQUEOUS EFFLUENT; AQUEOUS SAMPLES; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERICIDAL; COLLOIDAL MATTER; CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; DISINFECTION PROCESS; E. COLI; HYDROPHOBIC POLYCATIONS; INACTIVATION EFFICIENCY; POLYCATIONS; POLYETHYLENIMINES; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SAND FILTER; SAND FILTRATION; SAND WASHING; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER DISINFECTIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROORGANISMS; SAND; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISINFECTION;

POLYCATION; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; FILTER; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMOBILIZATION; POLYMER; WASTEWATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILTER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SAND; SAND FILTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79957628523     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.440     Document Type: Article

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