Electrochemical disinfection of Escherichia coli in the presence and absence of primary sludge particulates

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4383-4390

  Cui, Xiaofei ^a   Quicksall, Andrew N ^a   Blake, Allison B ^a   Talley, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined sewage overflow (CSO); Electrochemical residual disinfection; Primary sludge particulates (PSPs)

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ANODIC OXIDATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMBINED SEWERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEWAGE;

CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; COMBINED SEWAGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FIRST-ORDER RATES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PRIMARY SLUDGE; RATE COEFFICIENTS;

DISINFECTION;

CHLORIDE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM; WATER;

CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FECAL COLIFORM; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWER NETWORK; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL RESIDUAL DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW; MATERIAL STATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIMARY SLUDGE PARTICULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE OVERFLOW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84879028269     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.039     Document Type: Article

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