Clogging pattern in vertical-flow constructed wetlands: Insight from a laboratory study

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 668-674

  Hua, G F ^a   Zhu, W ^a   Zhao, L F ^a   Huang, J Y ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clogging pattern; Constructed wetland; Particulate solids; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

CLOGGING MECHANISM; CLOGGING PATTERN; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DEPOSITION LAYERS; FLOWTHROUGH; LABORATORY STUDIES; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; PARTICULATE SOLIDS; THREE STAGES; VAN DER WAALS; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

WETLANDS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEPOSITION; GRAVEL; LABORATORY METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOLID; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

WETLANDS;

EID: 77956207154     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.04.088     Document Type: Article

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