Application of the gas tracer method for measuring oxygen transfer rates in subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4217-4225

  Tyroller, Lina ^a   Rousseau, Diederik P L ^b   Santa, Santa ^b   García, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Oxygen deficit; Oxygen transfer coefficient; Reed beds; Treatment wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GASES; GRAVEL; MASS TRANSFER; PROPANE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

GAS TRACERS; GRAVEL BED; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MASS BALANCE; OXYGEN DEFICITS; OXYGEN TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE; REED BED; TRACER METHODS; TREATMENT WETLANDS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

PROPANE; TAP WATER; OXYGEN;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MASS BALANCE; NATURAL GAS; PROPANE; REEDBED; RETENTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRACER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETLAND; KINETICS; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

KINETICS; METHODS; OXYGEN; PROPANE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 77954214993     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.05.027     Document Type: Article

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