Selection of organic substrates as potential reactive materials for use in a denitrification permeable reactive barrier (PRB)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 7587-7596

  Gibert, Oriol ^a   Pomierny, Sylwia ^b   Rowe, Ivan ^b   Kalin, Robert M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Groundwater nitrate; Organic substrate; Passive remediation; Permeable reactive barrier

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NONMETALS; ORGANIC CARBON; PIGMENTS;

(ALKYL) AMMONIUM; BATCH TESTING; CARBON SOURCES; NITRATE REMOVAL; ORGANIC SUBSTRATES; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER (PRB); REACTIVE MATERIALS;

SUBSTRATES;

AMMONIA; CARBON; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMMONIUM; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTIVE BARRIER; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW RATE; LEACHING; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; NITRATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERMEABILITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 45849113637     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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