Effects of loading, resting period, temperature, porous media, vegetation and aeration on performance of pilot-scale vertical flow constructed wetlands

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 181-182, Issue , 2012, Pages 416-430

  Stefanakis, Alexandros I ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aeration; Constructed wetlands; Loading rate; Nitrogen; Organic matter; Phosphorus; Porous media; Resting period; Temperature; Vegetation; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

COMMON REED; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONTACT TIME; FULL-SCALE SYSTEM; HIGH ORGANIC; LOADING RATE; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; PILOT SCALE; PLANT SPECIES; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RESTING PERIOD; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; VERTICAL FLOWS;

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUILDING MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOSPHORUS; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION; WATER QUALITY;

WETLANDS;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84856341165     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.11.108     Document Type: Article

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