An analysis of performance models for free water surface wetlands

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3595-3606

  Carleton, James N ^a   Montas, Hubert J ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicontinuum; CSTR; DND; FWS models; Relaxed TIS; Short circuiting

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; TIMING CIRCUITS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

BICONTINUUM; CSTR; DND; FREE WATER SURFACE WETLAND; FWS MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MODELING; RELAXED TIS; SHORT CIRCUITING; TREATMENT WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

BIOREACTOR; COMPLEXITY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WETLAND;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; VELOCITY; WATER TRANSPORT; WETLAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COLIPHAGE; FLOW KINETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

WATER;

BIOREACTORS; COLIPHAGES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WETLANDS;

EID: 77955695416     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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