Modeling and calibration of drainage denitrification bioreactor design criteria

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 699-709

  Christianson, Laura ^a,b   Christianson, Reid ^c   Helmers, Matthew ^b   Pederson, Carl ^b   Bhandari, Alok ^d  

^a Freshwater Institute Shepherdstown   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c Water Resources Engineer   (United States)

^d Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Nitrate; Subsurface drainage; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; DESIGN PROCEDURE; LENGTH-TO-WIDTH RATIO; PERFORMANCE BASED; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NITRATES; WATER QUALITY;

DESIGN;

BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; DENITRIFICATION; DESIGN METHOD; DRAINAGE; FLOW VELOCITY; MODELING; NITRATE; PEAK FLOW; RETENTION; WATER QUALITY;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883436727     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000622     Document Type: Article

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