On the use of crushed recycled glass instead of silica sand in dual-media filters

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 325-332

  Soyer, Elif ^a   Akgiray, Ömer ^a   Eldem, Nursen Öz ^b   Saatçi, Ahmet Mete ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crushed glass; Filter media; Head loss; Particle removal

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT; FILTER; FILTRATION; GLASS; RECYCLING; SAND; SILICA; TURBIDITY;

EID: 84875868213     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100470     Document Type: Article

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