Physical disintegration of toilet papers in wastewater systems: Experimental analysis and mathematical modeling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2870-2876

  Eren, Beytullah ^a   Karadagli, Fatih ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS; CRITICAL SECTIONS; DISINTEGRATION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FRACTIONAL DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PARTIAL FLOW; PREMIUM QUALITY; SEWER PIPES; SEWER SYSTEM; SMALL PIPES; SMALL SEWERS; STANDARD PROTOCOLS; TOILET PAPER; TURBULENCE LEVEL; WASTE WATER SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE; SEWERS;

PAPER PRODUCTS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE; SEWER NETWORK; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; COLOR; DRY MASS; FLOW RATE; HARDNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; SEWAGE; SOLID; THICKNESS; TOILET PAPER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ABSORPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

DISINTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAPER QUALITY; PIPING; SEWERS; SIMULATION; TOILET PAPERS;

EID: 84857832513     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203589v     Document Type: Article

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