Ammonium removal from groundwater using a zeolite permeable reactive barrier: A pilot-scale demonstration

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1540-1547

  Li, Shengpin ^a   Huang, Guoxin ^b   Kong, Xiangke ^c   Yang, Yingzhao ^a   Liu, Fei ^a   Hou, Guohua ^a   Chen, Honghan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

^b Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF KARST GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Ammonium; Denitrification; Nitrification; PRB

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; REMEDIATION;

AEROBIC CONDITION; AMMONIUM; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; IN-SITU REMEDIATION; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PRB; SORPTION CAPACITIES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; OXYGEN; ZEOLITE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COLONIZATION; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PERMEABILITY; REDOX CONDITIONS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; ZEOLITE;

ADSORPTION; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AMMONIUM REMOVAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; PILOT STUDY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEOLITES;

EID: 84911447892     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.411     Document Type: Article

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