Impact of COD/N ratio on nitrous oxide emission from microcosm wetlands and their performance in removing nitrogen from wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2910-2917

  Wu, Juan ^a,b   Zhang, Jian ^a   Jia, Wenlin ^a   Xie, Huijun ^a   Gu, Roy R ^c   Li, Cong ^a   Gao, Baoyu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

COD N ratio; Greenhouse gas; Microcosm wetlands; Nitrogen removal; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCES; COD/N RATIO; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; DO CONCENTRATIONS; FREE WATER SURFACES; GREENHOUSE GAS; MICROCOSM WETLANDS; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PRODUCTION RATES;

ANESTHETICS; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITRITE; NITROGEN;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MICROCOSM; NITROUS OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; MICROCOSM; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 62949084215     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.01.056     Document Type: Article

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