The impact of pH on floc structure characteristic of polyferric chloride in a low DOC and high alkalinity surface water treatment

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6181-6188

  Cao, Baichuan ^a   Gao, Baoyu ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Wang, Mengmeng ^a   Yang, Zhonglian ^a   Yue, Qinyan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Floc breakage and re growth; Floc growth; Fractal dimension; PH; Polyferric chloride; Surface water treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; EFFICIENCY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GROWTH RATE; INORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH; PH EFFECTS; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; POLYFERRIC CHLORIDE; RE-GROWTH; RECOVERY CAPABILITIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SOLID/LIQUID SEPARATION; STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTIC;

SURFACE WATERS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYFERRIC CHLORIDE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; CHLORIDE; COAGULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IRON; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEPARATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOC STRUCTURE; FORCE; GROWTH RATE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80054044948     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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