Remediation of nitrate-nitrogen contaminated groundwater using a pilot-scale two-layer heterotrophic-autotrophic denitrification permeable reactive barrier with spongy iron/pine bark

Chemosphere

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-16

  Huang, Guoxin ^a,b   Huang, Yuanying ^c   Hu, Hongyan ^d   Liu, Fei ^b   Zhang, Ying ^e   Deng, Renwei ^a  

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

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

^d Academy of 904 Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology of Heilongjiang Province   (China)

^e Yunnan Hi Tech Environmental Protection Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater remediation; Heterotrophic autotrophic denitrification (HAD); Nitrate nitrogen; Permeable reactive barrier (PRB); Pine bark; Spongy iron

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; CORROSION; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PACKAGING; REMEDIATION; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; NITRATE NITROGEN; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PINE BARK;

DENITRIFICATION;

GROUND WATER; IRON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; CARBON; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REMEDIATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; DEAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; DEOXYGENATION; DEPLETION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HETEROTROPHIC AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; PINE; STEADY STATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STANDARD; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AUTOTROPHY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HETEROTROPHY; PERMEABILITY; PH; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GROUNDWATER; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PINUS; PLANT BARK; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84928170572     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.02.029     Document Type: Article

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