A review of incorporation of constructed wetland with other treatment processes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 279, Issue , 2015, Pages 220-230

  Liu, Ranbin ^a   Zhao, Yaqian ^a   Doherty, Liam ^a   Hu, Yuansheng ^b   Hao, Xiaodi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Energy recovery; Incorporation; Integration; Performance intensification; Wastewater treatment process

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; INTEGRATION; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ENERGY RECOVERY; INCORPORATION; PERFORMANCE INTENSIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84929611625     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.05.023     Document Type: Review

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