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 …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies for biological removal and recovery of nitrogen from wastewater

S Rahimi, O Modin, I Mijakovic - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Water contamination is a growing environmental issue. Several harmful effects on human
health and the environment are attributed to nitrogen contamination of water sources …

The microbial nitrogen-cycling network

MMM Kuypers, HK Marchant, B Kartal - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Nitrogen is an essential component of all living organisms and the main nutrient limiting life
on our planet. By far, the largest inventory of freely accessible nitrogen is atmospheric …

A review on wastewater sludge valorisation and its challenges in the context of circular economy

A Gherghel, C Teodosiu, S De Gisi - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of wastewater sludge as a source for energy and resource recovery is a good
alternative for its management considering the legislation requirements and the circular …

Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate: Fundamentals to full-scale water treatment applications

S Garcia-Segura, M Lanzarini-Lopes… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nitrate contamination in surface and ground waters is one of this century's major
engineering challenges due to negative environmental impacts and the risk to human health …

[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 …

Unveiling unique microbial nitrogen cycling and nitrification driver in coastal Antarctica

P Han, X Tang, H Koch, X Dong, L Hou, D Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Largely removed from anthropogenic delivery of nitrogen (N), Antarctica has notably low
levels of nitrogen. Though our understanding of biological sources of ammonia have been …

Ammonia inhibition and toxicity in anaerobic digestion: A critical review

Y Jiang, E McAdam, Y Zhang, S Heaven… - Journal of Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
As a waste management technology which offers environmental benefit and renewable
energy production, anaerobic digestion (AD) has become the preferred technology for the …

Beyond an applicable rate in low-strength wastewater treatment by anammox: motivated labor at an extremely short hydraulic retention time

R Du, S Cao, R **, X Li, J Fan… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The application of anammox technology in low-strength wastewater treatment is still
challenging due to unstable nitrite (NO2––N) generation. Partial denitrification (PD) of nitrate …

Quantify the contribution of anammox for enhanced nitrogen removal through metagenomic analysis and mass balance in an anoxic moving bed biofilm reactor

J Li, Y Peng, L Zhang, J Liu, X Wang, R Gao, L Pang… - Water Research, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, enhanced nitrogen removal through in situ enrichment of anammox bacteria
was successfully obtained in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The …