Steel slag filters to upgrade phosphorus removal in small wastewater treatment plants: Removal mechanisms and performance

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 214-222

  Barca, Cristian ^a,b   Meyer, Daniel ^a,b,c   Liira, Martin ^d   Drissen, Peter ^e   Comeau, Yves ^f   Andrès, Yves ^a   Chazarenc, Florent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ZAC des Balarucs   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e FEhS Institut für Baustoff Forschung e V   (Germany)

^f ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Phosphorus removal; Precipitation; Reactive filter; Steel slag

Indexed keywords

BASIC OXYGEN CONVERTERS; CALCIUM OXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; HYDROXYAPATITE; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; REACTIVE FILTER; STEEL SLAG; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SLAGS;

APATITE; DISSOLUTION; FILTER; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLAG; STEEL;

EID: 84899636655     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.065     Document Type: Article

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