drinking water simulator Articles
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Students tackle disinfection issues using drinking water treatment simulator
In a recent innovative assignment, Civil Engineering students at the University of Toronto pooled their talents to address a growing drinking water issue. Teams of students in the graduate course taught by Dr. Robert Andrews used computer simulation to determine how best to optimize a water treatment plant to meet tough new standards for disinfectant residual and disinfectant by-product (DBP) ...
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Haloacetic acid degradation by a biofilm in a simulated drinking water distribution system
Haloacetic acids (HAAs) are disinfection by-products formed as a result of the reaction between chlorine and natural organic matter found in water. HAA concentrations have been observed to decrease at distribution system extremities. This decrease is associated with microbiological degradation by pipe wall biofilm. The objective of this study was to evaluate HAA degradation in a drinking water ...
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Biofilms and bacteriological water quality in a domestic installation model simulating daily drinking water consumption
The biofilm formation potential of a drinking water supply system is related to the chemical, microbiological and hydrodynamic characteristics of water, and to the pipe materials in contact with water flow. The goals of this study were: to determine the biofilm dynamics in a model of four drinking water installations, to simulate daily household water consumption; to compare the biofilms ...
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Impact of biofilms in simulated drinking water and urban heat supply systems
Biofouling and biocorrosion were studied in drinking water and heating water systems by forming biofilms on steel and on polymethylmetacrylate. In the drinking water system, biofilm development was more significant on corroded surfaces, suggesting that in these conditions they were largely protected from disinfection, probably because of sheltering and chlorine demand by corrosion products. In ...
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Clarification of algae-laden water using electrochemical processes
Algae contamination of surface water and drinking water supplies is a significant problem particularly in rural areas. A decentralized inexpensive technology that would effectively remove algae from water would be beneficial. Electrocoagulation (EC) combined with electroflotation (EF) as a single process (ECF) is a promising algae harvesting technique with no moving parts that may be powered ...
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Effect of water hardness and pipe material on enhanced disinfection with UV light and chlorine
Limited studies have been conducted to evaluate synergistic benefits between disinfectants, although promise has been shown between ultraviolet (UV) light and chlorine-based disinfectants. This research aimed to determine drinking water quality factors that affect potential for enhanced removal of heterotrophic bacteria due to synergy between UV light and free chlorine. An additional goal was ...
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