Evaluation of a lab-scale tidal flow constructed wetland performance: Oxygen transfer capacity, organic matter and ammonium removal

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1789-1795

  Wu, Shubiao ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^a   Austin, David ^b   Dong, Renjie ^a   Pang, Changle ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clogging; Nitrification; Oxygen transfer; Tidal flow; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM REMOVAL; CLOGGING; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; FEEDING PERIOD; HETEROTROPHIC BIOFILM; MATRIX; OXYGEN TRANSFER; TIDAL FLOW; TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

OXYGEN SUPPLY;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TIDAL CYCLE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80052077664     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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