Hydraulic performance of a full-scale peat and ash biofilter in treatment of industrial landfill leachate

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 512-519

  Kängsepp, Pille ^a,b,e   Mathiasson, Lennart ^b   Dahlblom, Peter ^c   Hogland, William ^a,d  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Equalization pond; Hydraulic load; On site leachate treatment; Retention pond; Vertical flow biofilter; wmr 1404 9

Indexed keywords

EQUALIZATION POND; HYDRAULIC LOAD; ON-SITE LEACHATE TREATMENT; RETENTION POND; VERTICAL-FLOW BIOFILTER; WMR 1404-9;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; LEACHING; PEAT; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SAFETY FACTOR; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

PEAT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; FILTER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; POND; RETENTION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; FILTER DESIGN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

FILTRATION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 68349114777     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X08096138     Document Type: Article

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