Modeling nitrogen transport in duckweed pond for secondary treatment of swine wastewater

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 731-739

  Chaiprapat, Sumate ^a   Cheng, Jiayang ^b   Classen, John J ^b   Ducoste, Joel J ^c   Liehr, Sarah K ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical models; North Carolina; Ponds; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NITROGEN; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WASTEWATER;

NUTRIENT RECOVERY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; LAGOON; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LEMNA; SPIRODELA PUNCTATA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0041382902     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2003)129:8(731)     Document Type: Article

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