The performance of vertical flow constructed wetland systems with special reference to the significance of oxygen transfer and hydraulic loading rates

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 81-90

  Cooper, Paul ^a  

^a PFC Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compact systems; Constructed wetlands; Hydraulic loading rate; Nitrification; Oxygen transfer rate; Tidal flow systems; Treatment of unsettled sewage; Vertical flow systems

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULICS; LOADING; OXYGEN; ROTATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE (OTR); REED BEDS/CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; VERTICAL FLOWS (VF);

WETLANDS;

OXYGEN;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CALCULATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT STANDARD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 21844433191     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0293     Document Type: Review

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