Oxygen Transfer Rate and Oxygen Uptake Rate in Subsurface Bubble Aeration Systems
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 146, Issue 1
Abstract
Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request as listed below:
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Jing Hu’s experiments [2006]
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Mahendraker’s experiments [2003]
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Garcia et al.’s experiments [2009, 2010]
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Yunt et al.’s test data [1980]
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Volume 146 • Issue 1 • January 2020
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Received: Mar 31, 2019
Accepted: Jun 12, 2019
Published online: Oct 31, 2019
Published in print: Jan 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Mar 31, 2020
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