Evaluation of the logistic model for GAC performance in water treatment

Journal - American Water Works Association

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Li, Zhiwei ^a   Buchberger, Steven G ^b   Clark, Robert M ^c   Jeffrey Yang, Y ^d   Swertfeger, Jeff ^e  

^a Carbon Capture Scientific   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Environmental Engineering and Public Health Consultant   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e Greater Cincinnati Water Works   (United States)

Author keywords

GAC treatment; Logistic model; TOC removal; Treatment process modeling; Water treatment plant

Indexed keywords

CINCINNATI; DATA SETS; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GAC TREATMENT; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; RAPID SMALL-SCALE COLUMN TESTS; RUNTIMES; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOC CONCENTRATIONS; TOC REMOVAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREATMENT PLANTS; TREATMENT PROCESS;

EFFLUENTS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84869009627     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: 15518833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5942/jawwa.2012.104.0120     Document Type: Article

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