Ion exchange treatment of groundwater contaminated by arsenic in the presence of sulphate. Breakthrough experiments and modeling

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2373-2386

  Chiavola, Agostina ^a   D'Amato, Emilio ^b   Baciocchi, Renato ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Breakthrough; Column plant; Exhaustion; Ion exchange resin; Sulphates

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BATCH TESTS; BREAKTHROUGH; BREAKTHROUGH EXPERIMENT; EXHAUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEED WATER; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INFLUENT FLOW RATE; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; ION-EXCHANGE COLUMNS; ION-EXCHANGE TREATMENT; MODELING APPROACH; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PROCESS LAYOUT; SULPHATES; THOMAS MODELS;

ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; PACKED BEDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ARSENIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; MODELING; SULFATE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BOHART ADAMS MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PACKED BED REACTOR; THOMAS MODEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER TREATMENT; YAN MODEL;

EID: 84862207329     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1031-2     Document Type: Article

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