Modeling nitrogen removal in water hyacinth ponds receiving effluent from waste stabilization ponds

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-84

  Yi, Qitao ^a   Hur, Chinhyu ^b   Kim, Youngchul ^a  

^a Hanseo University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Nitrification denitrification; Waste stabilization ponds; Water hyacinth ponds

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PLANTS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; LAKES; MINERALOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NONMETALS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PILOT PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; STABILIZATION; SURFACE REACTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON CONSUMPTIONS; CARBON SOURCES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGENS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIMES; MASS BALANCES; MODELING RESULTS; NITROGEN REMOVAL PROCESSES; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; ORGANIC NITROGENS; PARTICULATE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; PLANT UPTAKES; PREDICTED VALUES; ROOT SURFACES; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS; WATER HYACINTH PONDS;

STABILIZATION PONDS;

ALGA; AMMONIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HERB; HYDROLYSIS; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POND; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALGAE; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 57749181773     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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