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 …

Novel insights into Anammox-based processes: A critical review

P Wu, J Chen, VK Garlapati, X Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anammox has been globally accepted as the most promising sewage treatment process.
However, the full-scale application of theanammox process islimited because anammox …

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 & technology, 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 …

Toward energy neutrality: novel wastewater treatment incorporating acidophilic ammonia oxidation

Z Hu, T Liu, Z Wang, J Meng… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) followed by partial nitritation and anammox
(PN/A) and anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising roadmap to achieve energy-neutral …

Acidophilic partial nitrification (pH< 6) facilitates ultra-efficient short-flow nitrogen transformation: Experimental validation and genomic insights

F Zhang, Z Du, J Wang, Y Du, Y Peng - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Partial nitrification (PN) represents an energy-efficient bioprocess; however, it often
confronts challenges such as unstable nitrite accumulation, nitrite oxidizing bacteria shocks …

[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 …

How to provide nitrite robustly for anaerobic ammonium oxidation in mainstream nitrogen removal

K Wang, J Li, X Gu, H Wang, X Li… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Innovation in decarbonizing wastewater treatment is urgent in response to global climate
change. The practical implementation of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Superior mainstream partial nitritation in an acidic membrane-aerated biofilm reactor

C Niu, Y Ying, J Zhao, M Zheng, J Guo, Z Yuan, S Hu… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Shortcut nitrogen removal holds significant economic appeal for mainstream wastewater
treatment. Nevertheless, it is too difficult to achieve the stable suppression of nitrite-oxidizing …