Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and linear alkylbenzene sulfonates from domestic wastewater in pilot constructed wetlands and a gravel filter

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1702-1709

  Fountoulakis, M S ^a   Terzakis, S ^a,b   Kalogerakis, N ^b   Manios, T ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; First order model; Linear alkyl benzene sulfonates; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Zero order model

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FIRST-ORDER MODEL; LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE SULFONATES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ZERO-ORDER MODEL;

ALKYLATION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEWATERING; GRAVEL; LITHIUM ALLOYS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RATE CONSTANTS; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PAH; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 70449526269     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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