Optimization of performance assessment and design characteristics in constructed wetlands for the removal of organic matter
Optimization of performance assessment and design characteristics in constructed wetlands for the removal of organic matter
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DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.08.010
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发表时间:
2010-10-01
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8.8
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Becares, Eloy
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作者:
Hijosa-Valsero, Maria;Sidrach-Cardona, Ricardo;Becares, Eloy
Some of the most used constructed wetland (ON) configurations [conventional and modified free-water (FW) flow, surface flow, conventional horizontal subsurface flow (SSF) and soilless systems with floating macrophytes (FM)] were assessed in order to compare their efficiencies for the removal of organic pollutants [COD, filtered COD (FCOD), BOD and total suspended solids (TSS)] from urban sewage under the same climatic and wastewater conditions. The removal performance was calculated using three approaches: effluent concentrations, areal removed loads and mass removal. Results were very different depending on the approach, which indicates that the way to present CW efficiency should be considered carefully. All CW-configurations obtained BOD effluent concentrations below 25 mg L(-1) in summer, with a FW-CW with effluent leaving through the bottom of the tank being the only one maintaining low BOD effluent concentrations even in winter and under high organic loading conditions. In this kind of CW, the presence of plants favoured pollutant removal. SSF-CWs were the most efficient for the removal of COD. FM systems can be as efficient as some gravel bed CWs. Typha angustifolia worked better than Phragmites australis, at least when the systems were at the beginning of their operation period. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.