Internal hydraulics of an agricultural drainage denitrification bioreactor

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 298-307

  Christianson, Laura ^a   Helmers, Matthew ^a   Bhandari, Alok ^b   Moorman, Thomas ^c  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b Kansas State University   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural drainage; Denitrification bioreactor; Nitrate; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW REGIMES; HYDROGRAPHS; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL FLOWS; INTERNAL HYDRAULIC; INTERNAL PARAMETERS; LEVEL MANAGEMENT; LOW FLOW CONDITION; MASS REDUCTION; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITROGEN REDUCTION; NON IDEALS; OUTLET STRUCTURES; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PEAK FLOWS; RETENTION TIME; SAMPLING PERIOD; SULFATE REDUCTION; TRACER TESTS; TRAPEZOIDAL CROSS SECTIONS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOCONVERSION;

BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRESSURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLUME;

IOWA; NASHUA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874325566     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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