Modeling subsurface upflow wetlands systems for wastewater effluent treatment

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 879-888

  Xuan, Zhemin ^a   Chang, Ni Bin ^a   Daranpob, Ammarin ^a   Wanielista, Marty ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; nutrient control; septic effluent; subsurface upflow; system dynamics modelling; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; FIELD SCALE; GREEN BUILDINGS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; MEASURED DATA; MODEL CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PILOT TESTING; PLANT NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEPTIC EFFLUENTS; SIMULATION MODEL; SUBSURFACE UPFLOW; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; WASTEWATER EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; RECLAMATION; SORPTION; SYSTEM THEORY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WETLANDS;

ARTICLE; BIOSORPTION; CALIBRATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT NUTRIENT; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77958024668     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0126     Document Type: Article

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