Nitrogen removal from wastewater: A comprehensive review of biological nitrogen removal processes, critical operation parameters and bioreactor design

S Mishra, V Singh, L Cheng, A Hussain… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The nitrogenous compounds present in wastewaters create severe biotic stress and alter the
biodiversity when discharged into aquatic ecosystems. Biological nitrogen removal (BNR) …

Recent advances in partial denitrification in biological nitrogen removal: From enrichment to application

Z Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Chen - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
To maximize energy recovery, carbon capture followed by shortcut nitrogen removal is
becoming the most promising route in biological wastewater treatment. As the intermediate …

New insights into the effects of wetland plants on nitrogen removal pathways in constructed wetlands with low C/N ratio wastewater: Contribution of partial …

D Yao, N Dai, X Hu, C Cheng, H **e, Z Hu, S Liang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) removal in constructed wetlands (CWs) was often challenged by limited
denitrification due to the lack of carbon source, and wetland plants would be more important …

Determining factors for nitrite accumulation in an acidic nitrifying system: influent ammonium concentration, operational pH, and ammonia-oxidizing community

J Meng, Z Hu, Z Wang, S Hu, Y Liu, H Guo… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Acidic nitrification is attracting wide attention because it can enable robust suppression of
nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in wastewater treatment. This study reports a comprehensive …

Biomass retention and microbial segregation to offset the impacts of seasonal temperatures for a pilot-scale integrated fixed-film activated sludge partial nitritation …

C Rong, Z Luo, T Wang, Y Qin, J Wu, Y Guo, Y Hu… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Partial nitritation-anammox (PN/A) is a promising deammonification process to develop
energy-neutral wastewater treatment plants. However, the mainstream application of PN/A …

Highly enriched anammox within anoxic biofilms by reducing suspended sludge biomass in a real-sewage A2/O process

J Li, Y Peng, R Gao, L Yang, L Deng, Q Zhao, Q Liu… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This study proposes a novel strategy of stably enriching anammox in mainstream, based on
the competitive difference to NO 2− between anoxic biofilms and suspended sludge. A …

Fast start-up and stable operation of mainstream anammox without inoculation in an A2/O process treating low COD/N real municipal wastewater

Y Zhao, J Li, Q Liu, Z Qi, X Li, Q Zhang, J Sui, C Wang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
It is of great significance to start up the anammox process in the most commonly used
anaerobic-anoxic-oxic (A 2/O) process in treating mainstream municipal wastewater …

Redirecting carbon to recover VFA to facilitate biological short-cut nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment: a critical review

D Kang, X Zhao, N Wang, Y Suo, J Yuan, Y Peng - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are facing a great challenge to transition from energy-
intensive to carbon-neutral and energy-efficient systems. Biological nutrient removal (BNR) …

Achieving transformation from denitrifying biofilter to partial denitrification/anammox biofilter through self-enrichment of anammox bacteria

Y He, D Feng, Y Huang, L Shi, Y Zhao, B Ma - Journal of Water Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of anammox in denitrifying biofilter (DNBF) has been proven to be stable
and feasible, but self-enrichment of anammox bacteria (AnAOB) in DNBF is difficult and …

Realizable wastewater treatment process for carbon neutrality and energy sustainability: A review

R Kadam, K Khanthong, B Park, H Jun… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite a quick shift of global goals toward carbon-neutral infrastructure, activated sludge
based conventional systems inhibit the Green New Deal. Here, a municipal wastewater …