Two innovative devices for depth sampling in granular filtration systems

Desalination

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-119

  Belkin, Natalia ^a   Bar Zeev, Edo ^a   Berman, Tom ^b   Berman Frank, Ilana ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Dissolved oxygen sampler; Filter bed sampling; Particulate and interstitial water sampler; Rapid Sand Filtration

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH LAYERS; FILTER OPERATIONS; FILTRATION SYSTEMS; GRAIN PARTICLES; GRANULAR BED FILTERS; INTERSTITIAL WATER; LAMINAR WATER FLOW; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PARTICULATE AND INTERSTITIAL WATER SAMPLER; PERISTALTIC PUMP; RAPID SAND FILTRATION; SAND FILTER; WATER SUCTION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); WATER FILTRATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

BIOFILTRATION; DEPTH; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FILTRATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; POREWATER; PUMP; SAND; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84856063691     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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