The Library
Hydraulic and design parameters in full-scale constructed wetlands and treatment units : six case studies
Tools
Tools
Tools
Ioannidou, Vasiliki G. and Pearson, Jonathan M. (2018) Hydraulic and design parameters in full-scale constructed wetlands and treatment units : six case studies. Environmental Processes, 5 . pp. 5-22. doi:10.1007/s40710-018-0313-8 ISSN 2198-7491.
|
PDF
WRAP-hydraulic-design-parameters-wetlands-treatment-Pearson-2018.pdf - Accepted Version - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (2639Kb) | Preview |
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40710-018-0313-8
Abstract
The efficiency of pond and constructed wetland (CW) treatment systems is influenced by the internal hydrodynamics and mixing interactions between water and aquatic vegetation. In order to contribute to current knowledge of how emergent real vegetation affects solute mixing, and on what the shape and size effects are on the mixing characteristics, an understanding and quantification of those physical processes and interactions were made. This paper presents results from tracer tests conducted during 2015–2016 in six full-scale systems in the UK under different flow regimes, operational depths, shapes and sizes, and inlet/outlet configurations. The aim was to quantify the hydraulic performance and mixing characteristics of the treatment units, and to investigate the effect of size and shape on the mixing processes. Relative comparison of outlet configuration, inflow conditions, and internal features between the six different treatment units showed variations in residence times of up to a factor of 3. A key outcome of this study was that the width is a more important dimension for the efficiency of the unit compared to the depth. Results underlined the importance of investigating hydrodynamics and physics of flow in full-size units to enhance treatment efficiency and predictions of water quality models.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects: | T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering | |||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Constructed Wetlands, Hydrodynamics | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Environmental Processes | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 2198-7491 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | November 2018 | |||||||||
| Dates: |
|
|||||||||
| Volume: | 5 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 5-22 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40710-018-0313-8 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 July 2018 | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 June 2019 | |||||||||
| RIOXX Funder/Project Grant: |
|
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
