Effect of diffusional mass transfer on the performance of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands in tropical climate conditions

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3039-3045

  Njau, K N ^a   Gastory, L ^a   Eshton, B ^a   Katima, J H Y ^a   Minja, R J A ^a   Kimwaga, R ^a   Shaaban, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Mass transfer; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DESIGN PROCEDURE; DESIGN VALUE; DIFFUSIONAL MASS TRANSFER; DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; LOG-LOG PLOTS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MASS TRANSFER EFFECTS; OUTLET CONCENTRATION; PHRAGMITES; PLUG FLOW MODELS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMOVAL RATE CONSTANT; SCHMIDT NUMBERS; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; STRAIGHT LINES; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

FLOW VELOCITY; INLET FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY; WETLANDS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CORRELATION; DIFFUSION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; GRASS; MASS TRANSFER; NITRATE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; FLOW RATE; LAND USE; PHRAGMITES MAURITIANUS; PLANT; POLLUTANT; TROPIC CLIMATE; WETLAND;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TANZANIA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

PHRAGMITES MAURITIANUS;

EID: 79959740073     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.640     Document Type: Article

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