Enhancement of nitrogen and phosphorus removal in pilot-scale vertical subsurface flow-constructed wetlands using polypropylene pellets

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 621-631

  Tang, Xianqiang ^a   Huang, Suiliang ^a   Ng, Chiu On ^b   Li, Jinzhong ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Nitrogen, phosphorus; Polypropylene pellets; Typha latifolia; Vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland

Indexed keywords

ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS; AMMONIA NITROGENS; EUTROPHIC RIVER WATERS; LATIFOLIA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVALS; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT REMOVALS; OUTFLOW WATERS; PILOT-SCALE; PILOT-SCALE STUDIES; POLYPROPYLENE PELLETS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; TIANJIN , CHINAS; TOTAL NITROGENS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE FLOW-CONSTRUCTED WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PELLETIZING; PHOSPHORUS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; RIVER CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 61949217595     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0353     Document Type: Article

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