Hydrodynamic performance of pilot-scale duckweed, algal-based, rock filter and attached-growth media reactors used for waste stabilisation pond research

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1700-1708

  Short, M D ^a   Cromar, N J ^a   Fallowfield, H J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attached growth media; Dispersion; Duckweed; Hydraulic efficiency; Rhodamine tracer; Rock filter; Short circuiting; Waste stabilisation pond

Indexed keywords

DUCKWEED; GROWTH MEDIA; HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY; RHODAMINE TRACER; ROCK FILTER; SHORT-CIRCUITING; WASTE STABILISATION POND;

DISPERSIONS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RESEARCH; ROCKS; STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

LAKES;

DISPERSION; DYE; EFFLUENT; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONOCOTYLEDON; POND; STABILIZATION; TRACER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALGAE; LEMNA;

EID: 77957800520     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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