Use of shredded tire chips and tire crumbs as packing media in trickling filter systems for landfill leachate treatment

Environmental Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 827-836

  Mondal, B ^a   Warith, M A ^b  

^a BM Ross and Associates Limited   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Efficiency; Organic; Shredding; Surface

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILMS; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HEALTH RISKS; OXYGEN; SURFACES; TIRES; VIRUSES;

EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT; LANDFILL LEACHATES; ORGANIC; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; SHREDDING; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM NITRATE;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HEALTH RISKS; LEACHATE TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; FILTER; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; TIRE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MOSQUITO; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; PEST INSECT; PH; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 47549101028     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330801987566     Document Type: Article

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