Effect of Plant Density in Constructed Wetland on Domestic Wastewater Treating Efficiency

Akarat Panrare, Tusanee Tondee and Prapa Sohsalam
Additional contact information
Akarat Panrare: Rattanakosin College for Sustainable Energy and Environment (RCSEE), Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, Thailand.
Tusanee Tondee: Rattanakosin College for Sustainable Energy and Environment (RCSEE), Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, Thailand.
Prapa Sohsalam: Science and Environmental Technology Program, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University, Khamphaeng Saen Campus, 73140, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

International Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, 2016, vol. 2, issue 1, 7-12

Abstract: Constructed wetland was applied for initiating domestic wastewater treatment process. Variation of plant density and Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) were observed. Domestic treatment performance was improved by increasing plant density and HRT but only HRT of 4 days could be achieved. Thailand’s effluent discharge standard was studied. Vegetation or non-vegetation wetland could remove total suspended solid due to physical mechanisms (filtration, sedimentation and adsorption) while Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and ammonium were removed by plant and microorganisms which attached at root zone and wetland media. Using constructed wetland for thermal transfer reduction and sewage treatment purpose could be applied at plant density of 20 plants/m2 and HRT of 4 days. Moreover, increasing of plant density could reduce heat transfer to house because of rising relative humidity around wetland area and nearby atmosphere.

Keywords: Constructed Wetland; Wasterwater Treating Pollutant; Plant Density; Domestic Wastewater; Heat Reduction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
https://kkgpublications.com/applied-sciences-v2-issue1-article2/ (application/pdf)
https://kkgpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IJAPS.2.50002-1.pdf (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:apa:ijapss:2016:p:7-12

DOI: 10.20469/ijaps.2.50002-1.pdf

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences is currently edited by Dr K.Vivehananthan

More articles in International Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences from Dr K.Vivehananthan Calle Alarcon 66, Sant Adrian De Besos 08930, Barcelona Spain.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dr K.Vivehananthan ().