Efficiency of two-stage combinations of subsurface vertical down-flow and up-flow constructed wetland systems for treating variation in influent C/N ratios of domestic wastewater

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1546-1554

  Zhao, Yong Jun ^a   Hui, Zhang ^b   Chao, Xu ^c   Nie, Er ^a   Li, Hua Ji ^a   He, Jian ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU COLLEGE OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ENGINEERING   (China)

^c Henan Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Batch flow; Hybrid systems; Seasonal variation; Slag filter systems

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS; BATCH FLOWS; C/N RATIO; CARBON AND NITROGEN; COD AND TOC REMOVALS; COMBINATION MODES; COMBINED MECHANISMS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FLOW DIRECTION; INTERMITTENT LOADING; LOAD LEVELS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; OPERATIONAL PERIODS; ORGANICS; PILOT SCALE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TWO STAGE; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM; TWO-STAGE SYSTEMS; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

HYBRID COMPUTERS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION; SLAGS; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; FILTER; HERB; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLAG; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACORUS CALAMUS;

EID: 79960410410     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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