Modeling nanomaterial fate in wastewater treatment: Monte Carlo simulation of silver nanoparticles (nano-Ag)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 449, Issue , 2013, Pages 418-425

  Hendren, Christine Ogilvie ^a   Badireddy, Appala R ^a   Casman, Elizabeth ^b   Wiesner, Mark R ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Life cycle; Modeling; Nano Ag; Risk forecasting

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR-BASED; CURRENT PRODUCTION; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EXPOSURE; INPUT VARIABLES; MASS BALANCE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NANO-AG; NANOMATERIAL; RISK FORECASTING; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SLUDGE CONCENTRATION; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOSOLIDS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; LIFE CYCLE; MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STRIPPING (REMOVAL); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SILVER;

NANOMATERIAL; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

EFFLUENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SILVER; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIAL STATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84874420096     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.078     Document Type: Article

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