Journal
WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-021-03124-0
Keywords
Aerobic granular sludge; Biofilms; Biological nitrogen removal; High strength ammonia wastewater; Partial denitrification and anammox; Partial nitritation and anammox
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Queen's University
- Ryerson University
- NSERC
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High strength ammonia wastewater treatment requires advanced technologies such as biofilm and aerobic granular sludge to improve system performance. Additionally, new methods like the Anammox process and the use of photosynthetic bacteria for ammonia recovery offer more cost-effective ways to remove reactive nitrogen.
The estimated global population growth of 81 million people per year, combined with increased rates of urbanization and associated industrial processes, result in volumes of high strength ammonia wastewater that cannot be treated in a cost-effective or sustainable manner using the floc-based conventional activated sludge approach of nitrification and denitrification. Biofilm and aerobic granular sludge technologies have shown promise to significantly improve the performance of biological nitrogen removal systems treating high strength wastewater. This is partly due to enhanced biomass retention and their ability to sustain diverse microbial populations with juxtaposing growth requirements. Recent research has also demonstrated the value of hybrid systems with heterogeneous bioaggregates to mitigate biofilm and granule instability during long-term operation. In the context of high strength ammonia wastewater treatment, conventional nitrification-denitrification is hampered by high energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Anammox-based processes such as partial nitritation-anammox and partial denitrification-anammox represent more cost-effective and sustainable methods of removing reactive nitrogen from wastewater. There is also growing interest in the use of photosynthetic bacteria for ammonia recovery from high strength waste streams, such that nitrogen can be captured and concentrated in its reactive form and recycled into high value products. The purpose of this review is to explore recent advancements and emerging approaches related to high strength ammonia wastewater treatment.
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