Evaluation of passive solar heating and alternative flow regimes on nitrate removal in denitrification beds

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1195-1204

  Cameron, Stewart G ^a   Schipper, Louis A ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Denitrification bed; Hydraulic efficiency; Passive solar heating

Indexed keywords

BED TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY EFFECT; CARBON SOURCE; DOWNFLOW; FLOW REGIMES; HIGH VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NITRATE REMOVAL; PASSIVE SOLAR; PILOT SCALE; POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES; REMOVAL RATE; TOP SURFACE; VERTICAL FLOWS;

BUOYANCY; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; HEATING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NITRATES; SOLAR HEATING; WASTEWATER;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NITRATE; PERMEABILITY; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOLAR RADIATION; WASTEWATER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79957987657     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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