Influence of recirculation in a lab-scale vertical flow constructed wetland on the treatment efficiency of landfill leachate

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1756-1761

  Lavrova, Silviya ^a   Koumanova, Bogdana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Landfill leachate; Phragmites australis

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FLOW RATE; LAND FILL; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; LANDFILL LEACHATES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; RECIRCULATION RATIO; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; METAL; WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLOW PATTERN; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MONOCOTYLEDON; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; BULGARIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLOW RATE; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; PH; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BULGARIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 77958163397     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

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