Transport of colloids in unsaturated packed columns: Role of ionic strength and sand grain size

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 232, Issue , 2013, Pages 237-248

  Mitropoulou, Polyxeni N ^a   Syngouna, Vasiliki I ^a   Chrysikopoulos, Constantinos V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attachment efficiency; Colloids; Grain size; Ionic strength; Quartz sand; Unsaturated porous media

Indexed keywords

AIR WATER INTERFACES; ATTACHMENT EFFICIENCY; COLLOID FILTRATION THEORIES; FLUORESCENT POLYMERS; GRAIN SIZE; QUARTZ SAND; SOLID-WATER INTERFACES; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; COLLOIDS; DEIONIZED WATER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FILTRATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSPHERES; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND;

IONIC STRENGTH;

EID: 84882759483     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.07.093     Document Type: Article

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