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Carbon Bed Design Criteria Study at Nitro, W.Va.
Author(s) -
Dostal Kenneth A.,
Pierson Rex C.,
Hager Donald G.,
Robeck Gordon G.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1965.tb01447.x
Subject(s) - aeration , filtration (mathematics) , environmental science , carbon fibers , total organic carbon , environmental engineering , nitro , filter (signal processing) , water treatment , waste management , engineering , chemistry , environmental chemistry , materials science , mathematics , composite material , statistics , composite number , alkyl , organic chemistry , electrical engineering
This article discusses a series of small‐scale experiments and a full‐scale test conducted to obtain granular carbon consumption data for removal of odorous and non‐odorous organic material from Kanawha River water at the Nitro, West Virginia, water plant. The treatment at this plant included double aeration, chlorination, conventional coagulation, and sand filtration followed by two full‐scale granular carbon beds (housed in rebuilt gravity sand filter structures). Criteria were developed for use in the design of a granular carbon system for Nitro.