Journal
WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
Volume 83, Issue 12, Pages 2199-2210Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.2175/106143011X13173281922437
Keywords
anammox; denitrification; greenhouse gas; wastewater treatment
Funding
- DFG (German Research Foundation) [RO1221/13-1]
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Various studies have been performed to determine nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from conventional biological nitrogen removal processes in wastewater treatment like nitrification and denitrification in the main stream. However, with respect to the overall emissions of a wastewater treatment plant, part-stream treatment for high-strength wastewater (e. g., sludge liquor) is also expected to hold a significant emission potential because of high concentrations and extreme boundary conditions. This paper presents results from a laboratory-scale study on nitrous oxide production by biomass from a deammonification process (nitritation + anammox) under anoxic conditions. It was discovered that N2O formation results from incomplete endogenous denitrification rather than anammox and is dependent on substrate availability. Based on direct measurements of the dissolved N2O concentrations in a sequencing batch reactor, the dynamic behavior of N2O production is characterized in more detail. The results show that, during anoxic conditions, the N2O emission potential of deammonification is significantly lower than from conventional denitrification. Water Environ. Res., 83, 2199 (2011).
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