Energy requirements for nitrification and biological nitrogen removal in engineered wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-192

  Austin, David ^a   Nivala, Jaime ^b  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Energy requirement; Engineered wetland; Nitrification; Nitrogen removal; Pulsed flow wetland; Subsurface flow wetland; Tidal flow wetland

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AQUIFERS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NONMETALS; OXIDATION; PULSATILE FLOW; ROADS AND STREETS; SURFACE WATERS; TIDAL POWER; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

DESIGN; ENERGY REQUIREMENT; ENGINEERED WETLAND; PULSED FLOW WETLAND; SUBSURFACE FLOW WETLAND; TIDAL FLOW WETLAND;

WETLANDS;

DISCHARGE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 59149101567     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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