Achieving nitrite accumulation in a continuous system treating low-strength domestic wastewater: Switchover from batch start-up to continuous operation with process control

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 517-526

  Peng, Yongzhen ^a,b   Guo, Jianhua ^a   Horn, Harald ^c   Yang, Xiong ^b   Wang, Shuying ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Biological nitrogen removal; Biological wastewater treatment; Partial nitrification to nitrite; Process control; Sludge population optimization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIUM REMOVAL; BATCH OPERATION; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; COMPLETELY STIRRED TANK REACTORS; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS SYSTEM; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOADING RATE; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITRITE ACCUMULATION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; OPTIMAL RANGES; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; START-UP STRATEGY; START-UPS; SWITCHOVER; TIME CONTROL;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LOADING; NITRATION; NITRIFICATION; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; PROCESS CONTROL;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRITE;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ANAMMOX BACTERIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PROCESS CONTROL; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WATER;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84862695940     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3702-8     Document Type: Article

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