Performance of pilot-scale vertical-flow constructed wetlands in responding to variation in influent C/N ratios of simulated urban sewage

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1693-1700

  Zhao, Yong Jun ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Zhang, Wen Guang ^a   Ouyang, Yan ^a   An, Shu Qing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C N ratio COD removal Nitrogen removal Phosphorus removal Lythrum salicaria

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOVAL; SEWAGE; WETLANDS;

COD REMOVAL; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; NITROGEN SOURCES; NUTRIENTS REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SIMULATED WASTEWATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON REMOVAL; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN;

CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN DRAINAGE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GREENHOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN AREA; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENZYMOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LYTHRACEAE; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

LYTHRUM SALICARIA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CITIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LYTHRUM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 77958172815     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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