biofilter_toc function

Determine TOC removal from biofiltration using Terry & Summers BDOC model

This function applies the Terry model to a water created by define_water to determine biofiltered DOC (mg/L).

Source

Terry and Summers 2018

biofilter_toc(water, ebct, ozonated = TRUE)

Arguments

• water: Source water object of class "water" created by define_water.
• ebct: The empty bed contact time (min) used for the biofilter
• ozonated: Logical; TRUE if the water is ozonated (default), FALSE otherwise

Returns

A water class object with modeled DOC removal from biofiltration.

Examples

library(tidywater)
water <- define_water(ph = 7, temp = 25, alk = 100, toc = 5.0, doc = 4.0, uv254 = .1) %>%
  biofilter_toc(ebct = 10, ozonated = FALSE)