A 20-year journey of partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A): from sidestream toward mainstream

Z Wang, M Zheng, H Duan, Z Yuan… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ana erobic amm onium ox idation (anammox) was discovered as a new microbial reaction in
the late 1990s, which led to the development of an innovative energy-and carbon-efficient …

Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage

M Zheng, Z Hu, T Liu, M Sperandio, EIP Volcke… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The ongoing paradigm shift in sewage management from pollution control to resource
recovery is an integral part of a circular economy. Efforts have traditionally concentrated on …

Nitrite oxidation in wastewater treatment: microbial adaptation and suppression challenges

Z Su, T Liu, J Guo, M Zheng - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microbial nitrite oxidation is the primary pathway that generates nitrate in wastewater
treatment systems and can be performed by a variety of microbes: namely, nitrite-oxidizing …

[HTML][HTML] Partial denitrification providing nitrite: Opportunities of extending application for anammox

R Du, Y Peng, J Ji, L Shi, R Gao, X Li - Environment International, 2019 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has been extensively investigated for cost-
efficient nitrogen removal from wastewater. However, the major issues of nitrate (NO 3−-N) …

[HTML][HTML] One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application

M Zheng, H Li, H Duan, T Liu, Z Wang, J Zhao, Z Hu… - Water Research X, 2023 - Elsevier
Mainstream nitrogen removal via anammox is widely recognized as a promising wastewater
treatment process. However, its application is challenging at large scale due to unstable …

Challenges, solutions and prospects of mainstream anammox-based process for municipal wastewater treatment

L Wang, W Gu, Y Liu, P Liang, X Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) process has a promising application prospect for
the mainstream deammonification of municipal wastewater due to its high efficiency and low …

A successful start-up of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) coupled mainstream partial nitritation-anammox (PN/A) system: a pilot-scale study on in-situ …

J Wu, Z Kong, Z Luo, Y Qin, C Rong, T Wang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In this pilot-scale study, an innovative mainstream treatment process that couples the
anaerobic membrane reactor (AnMBR) with a one-stage PN/A system was proposed for …

Flexible nitrite supply alternative for mainstream anammox: advances in enhancing process stability

R Du, S Cao, H Zhang, X Li, Y Peng - Environmental Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has attracted extensive attention as a
potentially sustainable and economical municipal wastewater treatment process. However …

Towards mainstream deammonification of municipal wastewater: Partial nitrification-anammox versus partial denitrification-anammox

M Zhang, S Wang, B Ji, Y Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The mainstream deammonification has been believed as a viable technology for the energy-
neutral municipal wastewater treatment, which can be realized through two approaches …

Unravelling adaptation of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in mainstream PN/A process: Mechanisms and counter-strategies

Z Wang, M Zheng, Z Hu, H Duan, H De Clippeleir… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Stable suppression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) is still a major challenge for the
implementation of partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A) in mainstream treatment. Despite …