Emergency remediation of simulated chromium (VI)-polluted river by nanoscale zero-valent iron: Laboratory study and numerical simulation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 193-194, Issue , 2012, Pages 358-365

  Qiu, Xiuqi ^a,b   Fang, Zhanqiang ^a,b   Yan, Xiaomin ^a,b   Gu, Fenglong ^a,b   Jiang, Feng ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Chromium; Modeling; NZVI; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LABORATORY STUDIES; MASS-LOSS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MODEL PARAMETERS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; NZVI; PHYSICAL MODELING; POLLUTED RIVERS; POLLUTION SOURCES; REACTION NETWORK; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; SIMULATED RESULTS; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; WATER FLOW RATE;

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; RIVERS; TOXICITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84862572307     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.04.067     Document Type: Article

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