nitrification inhibition Articles
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A kinetic study of nitrification inhibition in water distribution systems using low levels of chlorite
Water utilities use operational strategies such as increasing pH, chlorine-ammonia ratio, and/or chloramine residual, distribution main flushing, and periodic break-point chlorination to control nitrification of chloraminated water in distribution systems. Although these methods are proven to be useful in controlling nitrification, the results are utility dependent and sometimes not effective ...
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Yorkshire Water acquires Strathtox, Strathkelvin’s latest precision respirometer, to monitor bacterial performance of a new hi-tech pilot plant.
Yorkshire Water has a large Waste Water investment programme to deliver the requirements of the Freshwater Fish Directive over the next five years. In order to achieve the high effluent quality required at various sites, including Esholt (main Bradford site), Knostrop (main Leeds site), Huddersfield and Mitchell Laithes (main Dewsbury site), several large new activated sludge plants will be ...
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Role of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in micropollutant removal from wastewater with aerobic granular sludge
Nitrifying wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are more efficient than non-nitrifying WWTPs to remove several micropollutants such as pharmaceuticals and pesticides. This may be related to the activity of nitrifying organisms, such as ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOBs), which could possibly co-metabolically oxidize micropollutants with their ammonia monooxygenase (AMO). The role of AOBs in ...
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Occurrence and enrichment of ‘bacterial sherpas’: climb to sustainability in wastewater treatment
The paper presents research on hemoglobin (Hb)-expressing bacteria in biological wastewater treatment systems. The outcome(s) will greatly reduce the aeration needs of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and provide insight into emerging biological nitrogen removal processes using low dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions. In anthropogenic terms, the bacteria that express Hb could be considered as ...
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BM respirometry study about nitrification inhibition and actual aeration capacity in an activated sludge process case study
Study for municipal WWTP in Spain This study is ordered to SURCIS as a consequence of the low process performance, practical absence of nitrification treatment. By other side, the mixed-liquor presented some abnormal features such as weakness, dark colour and abundant white foaming. Data for study interest Aeration system: fine bubble diffusers + liquid oxygen injection Ammonium ...
By SURCIS, S.L.
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The impact of chlorine disinfection on biochemical oxygen demand levels in chemically enhanced primary treatment effluent
The response trends of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and organic strength after the chlorination/dechlorination process were explored through a 2-year, 5-month chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) effluent onsite monitoring program and a 2-month laboratory-scale study. The monitoring results showed that better instantaneous mixing at the chlorine injection point reduced the effect of ...
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Phenol biodegradation and simultaneous nitrogen removal using a carbon fiber felt biofilm reactor
Phenol biodegradation and its effect on the biological nitrogen removal were studied in a biofilm reactor (15 L) packed with carbon fiber felt carriers. Meanwhile, the effects of the effluent internal recirculation ratios (0, 100% and 200%) and the air flow rates (0.42, 0.83, 1.46, 2.08 and 3.33 L/min) on the performance of system were tested. The system exhibited an excellent capacity for ...
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Good servant, bad master: sulfide influence on partial nitritation of sewage
When applying partial nitritation (PN) to anaerobically pre-treated sewage, ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) will be exposed to dissolved sulfide and methane. Both sulfide and methane may inhibit nitrification. To gain knowledge necessary for sustaining PN under these conditions, we exposed an AOB enrichment and a mixed nitrifying culture to dissolved ...
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Treatment of tunnel wash water and implications for its disposal
The use of road tunnels in urban areas creates water pollution problems, since the tunnels must be frequently cleaned for traffic safety reasons. The washing generates extensive volumes of highly polluted water, for example, more than fivefold higher concentrations of suspended solids compared to highway runoff. The pollutants in the wash water have an affinity for particulate material, so ...
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Major waste management company and cleveland biotech combine resources to resolve a breach of ammonia consent in a large wastewater treatment plant case study
The WWTP itself is located in the East Midlands, and treats dairy waste from a large processing plant, treating c1,500m3 of effluent per day. On 30th July the ammonia (NH3) levels in the permeate from the MBR at the plant began to increase. The effluent plant discharges to a river and as such, the consent limit is stipulated by the Environment Agency at 4mg/l. Within three days, the ammonia ...
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Major waste management company and cbio combine resources, to resolve a breach of ammonia consent, in a large wastewater treatment plant case study
The WWTP itself is located in the East Midlands, and treats dairy waste from a large processing plant, treating c1,500m3 of effluent per day. On 30th July the ammonia (NH3) levels in the permeate from the MBR at the plant began to increase. The effluent plant discharges to a river and as such, the consent limit is stipulated by the Environment Agency at 4mg/l. Within three days, the ammonia ...
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Inhibition of unwanted nitrification
Respirometer The respirometer utilized in this study corresponds to the BM-Advance model, with the following main features: Compact analyzer, with very low maintenance and user friendly operation Direct oxygen measurements from a maintenance-free oxygen sensor No oxygenation restriction during test performance Full control and results by means a powerful software already loaded in the PC ...
By SURCIS, S.L.
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Successful startup of a full-scale acrylonitrile wastewater biological treatment plant (ACN-WWTP) by eliminating the inhibitory effects of toxic compounds on nitrification
During the startup of a full-scale anoxic/aerobic (A/O) biological treatment plant for acrylonitrile wastewater, the removal efficiencies of NH3-N and total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) were 1.29 and 0.83% on day 30, respectively. The nitrification process was almost totally inhibited, which was mainly caused by the inhibitory effects of toxic compounds. To eliminate the inhibition, ...
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Evaluating the effects of nitrogen loading rate and substrate inhibitions on partial nitrification with FISH analysis
The effects of free ammonia (FA) or free nitrous acid (FNA) on partial nitrification (PN) has been well investigated. Nevertheless, little information was known about the combined effects of nitrogen loading rate (NLR) and substrate inhibition, as well as the impact on the community structure of nitrifiers. In this work, real reject water was treated in a pre-denitrification reactor. PN was ...
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Application of a Medium Pressure UV System for the Treatment of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)
N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) was first detected in 1990 as a problem pollutant in drinking water wells at levels as high as 3,000 ppt in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. The waste from a large chemical plant over many years had led to the contamination of the drinking water wells for the community. After extensive evaluation and testing, it was determined that UV photolysis was the most effective ...
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