Purification processes involved in sludge treatment by a vertical flow wetland system: Focus on the role of the substrate and plants on N and P removal

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 105, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-14

  Korboulewsky, Nathalie ^a   Wang, Runying ^a   Baldy, Virginie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Constructed reed beds; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Removal efficiency; Waste water

Indexed keywords

HIGH-CONTENT; IRIS PSEUDACORUS; LIQUID WASTES; MAIN PROCESS; MESOCOSMS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; P REMOVAL; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PURIFICATION PROCESS; REED BED; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; RESPIRATION RATE; ROOT SYSTEM; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOFT DRINKS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; VERTICAL FLOW WETLANDS; VERTICAL-FLOW WETLAND;

BEVERAGES; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PURIFICATION; REMOVAL; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BREWING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FILTRATION; GRASS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PURIFICATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SUBSTRATE; VERTICAL MIXING; VOLUME; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; IRIS PSEUDACORUS; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; TYPHACEAE; VERTICAL FLOW WETLAND SYSTEM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRIS; NITROGEN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; SEWAGE; TYPHACEAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

IRIS PSEUDACORUS; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84855216582     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.037     Document Type: Article

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