Effect of recirculation on nitrogen removal in a hybrid constructed wetland system

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-5

  Ayaz, S C ^a   Aktas O ^a   Findik, N ^a   Akca L ^b   Kinaci, C ^b  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Horizontal sub surface flow; Hybrid constructed wetland; Nitrogen removal; Vertical sub surface flow

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DISCHARGE LIMIT; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EFFLUENT RECIRCULATION; HYBRID CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PILOT SCALE; PRE-TREATMENT; PROJECT GOALS; RECIRCULATION RATIO; RECIRCULATIONS; SMALL COMMUNITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; TOTAL NITROGEN; WARM CLIMATES;

DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; HYBRID; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84855238199     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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