The effect of aeration and recirculation on a sand-based hybrid constructed wetland treating low-strength domestic wastewater
The Duplex-constructed wetland (CW) is a hybrid system composed of a vertical flow (VF) CW on top of a horizontal flow filter (HFF). Each compartment is designed to play a different role: aerobic treatment in the VF CW due to intermittent feeding and anoxic treatment in the HFF due to saturated cond...
| Publié dans: | Environmental technology. - 1993. - 37(2016), 15 vom: 28. Aug., Seite 1923-32 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2016
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| Accès à la collection: | Environmental technology |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Aeration hybrid constructed wetland low-strength domestic wastewater nitrogen recirculation Waste Water Silicon Dioxide 7631-86-9 |
| Résumé: | The Duplex-constructed wetland (CW) is a hybrid system composed of a vertical flow (VF) CW on top of a horizontal flow filter (HFF). Each compartment is designed to play a different role: aerobic treatment in the VF CW due to intermittent feeding and anoxic treatment in the HFF due to saturated conditions. Three Duplex-CWs were used in this study: Control, Aerated and Recirculating. The role of each compartment was tested for pollutant removal and micro-invertebrate abundance. In all systems, the VF CW removed mainly organic matter, solids and NH4(+)-N. Pathogens were removed in both compartments. Likewise, total nitrogen removal occurred in both compartments, only the Recirculating HFF was not able to denitrify the nitrogen due to the slightly more oxic conditions as compared to the other systems. All systems met discharge guidelines for organic matter, but only the Control and Aerated systems met those for total nitrogen. At the applied loading rates, the pollutant removal was not significantly enhanced by the use of aeration and recirculation. Therefore, operation as in the Control system, without aeration or recirculation, is recommended for the tested Duplex-CWs. If artificial aeration will be used in CWs, the support material should be carefully selected to allow a proper air distribution |
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| Description: | Date Completed 26.01.2017 Date Revised 07.12.2022 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1479-487X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09593330.2015.1135994 |