Effects of hydraulic detention time, water depth, and duration of operation on nitrogen and phosphorus removal in a flow-through duckweed bioremediation system

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-166

  Alahmady, Kossay K ^a   Stevens, Kevin ^b   Atkinson, Sam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological processes; Duckweed; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Waste treatment; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; DEPTH RATIO; DETENTION TIME; DUCKWEED; FLOWTHROUGH; MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; OPTIMAL PRODUCTIVITY; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RETENTION TIME; SURFACE AREA; WATER DEPTH;

BIOREMEDIATION; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACE AREA; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER DEPTH;

LEMNA;

EID: 84873357104     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000627     Document Type: Article

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