Dosing free nitrous acid for sulfide control in sewers: Results of field trials in Australia

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4331-4339

  Jiang, Guangming ^a   Keating, Anthony ^a   Corrie, Shaun ^b   O'halloran, Kelly ^c   Nguyen, Lam ^d   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CWE Corrie Water and Environment   (Australia)

^c Gold Coast City Council   (Australia)

^d US Peroxide LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Free nitrous acid; Hydrogen peroxide; Odour; Sewer; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INORGANIC ACIDS; ODORS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PUMPING PLANTS; SEWERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL CONSUMPTION; CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROL EFFICIENCY; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; FREE NITROUS ACID (FNA); FREE NITROUS ACIDS; LABORATORY STUDIES; SULFIDE;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROUS ACID; RAIN; SULFIDE;

BIOFILM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DILUTION; DISCHARGE; FIELD SURVEY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ODOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIPELINE; SEWER NETWORK; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DILUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; PIPELINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWER; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879009813     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.05.024     Document Type: Article

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