Nitrogen removal in recirculated duckweed ponds system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Benjawan, Lukkhana ^a   Koottatep, Thamarat ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Effluent recirculation; Municipal wastewater; N mass balance; Nitrogen removal; Recirculated duckweed based ponds

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

DUCKWEED PONDS SYSTEM; EFFLUENT RECIRCULATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; NITROGEN-MASS BALANCE; RECIRCULATED DUCKWEED-BASED PONDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DUCKWEED; EFFLUENT STANDARD; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NITRIFICATION; PLANT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARACEAE; BIOREACTORS; NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

LEMNA;

EID: 34250781715     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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