The effect of water purification by oyster shell contact bed

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 382-390

  Shih, Po Kang ^a   Chang, Wen Lian ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contact bed; Gravel; Oyster shell; Water purification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GRAVEL; MOLLUSCS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PURIFICATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SHELLFISH; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

AMMONIA NITROGEN; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; NITRATE NITROGEN; OYSTER SHELL; WATER PURIFICATION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIVALVE; GRAVEL; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PURIFICATION; SHELL; WATER TREATMENT;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84923010396     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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