Solids hydrolysis and accumulation in a hybrid anaerobic digester-constructed wetlands system

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1007-1016

  Ruiz, I ^a   Diaz M A ^a   Crujeiras, B ^a   Garcia J ^b   Soto, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b Hydraulics   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clogging; Constructed wetland; Hydrolysis; Solid accumulation; UASB

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; AEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; APPLIED SURFACE; CLOGGING; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; GRANULAR MEDIA; LAY-OUT; LOADING RATE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SLUDGE GENERATION; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS; VOLUMETRIC LOADING RATES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROLYSIS; LOADING; PILOT PLANTS; WASTEWATER;

WETLANDS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDROLYSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 77953323375     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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