title: The macro nutrient removal efficiencies of a vertical flow constructed wetland fed with demineralized cheese whey powder solution.
abstract: This study aims to remove the macro-sized nutrients that are present in the cheese whey powder solution through the use of constructed wetland systems. For this purpose, 70% and 40% demineralized solutions of cheese whey powder were used. For both concentrations, control reactors are run in parallel with Typha angustifolia planted reactors for the duration of a 92 day period. Zeolite and gravel were used as the filling material. The planted reactor, which was fed with the 70% solution, was named as Cheese Whey Powder Solution (CWPS) 1 and its unplanted control was named CWPS 2 while the reactor, which was fed with the 40% solution, was named as CWPS 3 and its unplanted control was named CWPS 4. The removal of COD, PO4-P and NH4-N were obtained as 37.47%, 45.62%, and 68.88% in CWPS 1; 24.89%, 35.74%, and 63.15% in CWPS 2; 51.15%, 54.96%, and 64.13% in CWPS 3; and 28.35%, 23.99%, and 65.92% in CWPS 4, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Environmental Engineering, Bolu, Turkey. ayalcuk@gmail.com
authors.forename: Arda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yalcuk
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D057919:Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; D002611:Cheese; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism*; D011208:Powders; D012996:Solutions; D013997:Time Factors; D032401:Typhaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D053833:Wetlands; D017641:Zeolites
chemical_list: D011208:Powders; D012996:Solutions; D014873:Water Pollutants; D017641:Zeolites; D010758:Phosphorus; D009584:Nitrogen