CWM1 implementation in RetrasoCodeBright: First results using horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland data

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 224-232

  Llorens, Esther ^a   Saaltink, Maarten W ^a   García, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Reed beds; Tracer test; Treatment wetlands; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; KINETIC COEFFICIENT; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL TOOL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REED BED; RETRASO; SIMULATED DATA; TRACER TESTS; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; TREATMENT WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULICS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; ROADS AND STREETS; SULFUR; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WETLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650306477     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.10.065     Document Type: Article

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