Numerical modelling: A tool for better constructed wetland design?

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-21

  Langergraber, Guenter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Design; Process based numerical model; Simulation tool; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DESIGN GUIDELINES; DESIGN TOOL; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITION; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; FILTER MATERIALS; MAIN PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PEAK LOAD; POST TREATMENT; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SIMULATION TOOL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; WASTEWATER COMPOSITION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

WATER;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GUIDELINE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EXPERIMENT; FILTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 79960437993     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.520     Document Type: Review

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