Hydraulic property determination of denitrifying bioreactor fill mediaz

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 849-854

  Christianson, L ^a   Castello A ^b   Christianson, R ^a   Helmers, M ^a   Bhandari, A ^c  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn cob; Denitrification bioreactor; Particle size analysis; Pea gravel; Porosity; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Woodchip

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WATER; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CORN COB; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; NITRATE REMOVAL; PACKING DENSITY; PEA GRAVEL; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WOOD CHIP; WOODCHIPS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DESIGN; GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

PISUM SATIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649377551     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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