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A Computational Investigation of the Optimal Reaction Type Concerning BOD Removal in Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands

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A numerical simulation of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) removal in Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands (HSF CW) is presented. Emphasis is given to select the optimal type of the reaction concerning the BOD removal. For this purpose, a computational investigation is realized by comparing the most usual reaction type, the first-order one, and the recently proposed Monod type, with simulated experimental data obtained from five pilot-scale HSF CW units. These units were operated for 2 years in the facilities of the Laboratory of Ecological Engineering and Technology (LEET), Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh), Xanthi, Greece. For the numerical simulation the Visual MODFLOW family computer code is used, and especially the RT3D code.

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The research is partly supported by the FP7 project AComIn: Advanced Computing for Innovation, grant 316087 and Bulgarian NSF Grants, DMU 03-62 and DFNI I-01/5.

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  1. Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Konstantinos Liolios, Krassimir Georgiev & Ivan Georgiev

  2. Department of Infrastructure and Surveying Engineering, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Vassilios Tsihrintzis

  3. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Ivan Georgiev

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Liolios, K., Tsihrintzis, V., Georgiev, K., Georgiev, I. (2016). A Computational Investigation of the Optimal Reaction Type Concerning BOD Removal in Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands. In: Margenov, S., Angelova, G., Agre, G. (eds) Innovative Approaches and Solutions in Advanced Intelligent Systems . Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 648. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32207-0_3

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