New concepts of microbial treatment processes for the nitrogen removal in wastewater Export

@article{citeulike:2646664, abstract = {Abstract Many countries strive to reduce the emissions of nitrogen compounds (ammonia, nitrate, NOx) to the surface waters and the atmosphere. Since mainstream domestic wastewater treatment systems are usually already overloaded with ammonia, a dedicated nitrogen removal from concentrated secondary or industrial wastewaters is often more cost-effective than the disposal of such wastes to domestic wastewater treatment. The cost-effectiveness of separate treatment has increased dramatically in the past few years, since several processes for the biological removal of ammonia from concentrated waste streams have become available. Here, we review those processes that make use of new concepts in microbiology: partial nitrification, nitrifier denitrification and anaerobic ammonia oxidation (the anammox process). These processes target the removal of ammonia from gases, and ammonium-bicarbonate from concentrated wastewaters (i.e. sludge liquor and landfill leachate). The review addresses the microbiology, its consequences for their application, the current status regarding application, and the future developments.}, author = {Schmidt, Ingo and Sliekers, Olav and Schmid, Markus and Bock, Eberhard and Fuerst, John and Gijs and Jetten, Mike S. M. and Strous, Marc}, citeulike-article-id = {2646664}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00039-1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00039-1}, doi = {10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00039-1}, journal = {FEMS Microbiology Reviews}, keywords = {anammox, nitrite, nitrogen, nox, removal, wastewater}, number = {4}, pages = {481--492}, posted-at = {2008-04-09 18:45:59}, priority = {0}, title = {New concepts of microbial treatment processes for the nitrogen removal in wastewater}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00039-1}, volume = {27}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2646664 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2646664 N2 - Abstract Many countries strive to reduce the emissions of nitrogen compounds (ammonia, nitrate, NOx) to the surface waters and the atmosphere. Since mainstream domestic wastewater treatment systems are usually already overloaded with ammonia, a dedicated nitrogen removal from concentrated secondary or industrial wastewaters is often more cost-effective than the disposal of such wastes to domestic wastewater treatment. The cost-effectiveness of separate treatment has increased dramatically in the past few years, since several processes for the biological removal of ammonia from concentrated waste streams have become available. Here, we review those processes that make use of new concepts in microbiology: partial nitrification, nitrifier denitrification and anaerobic ammonia oxidation (the anammox process). These processes target the removal of ammonia from gases, and ammonium-bicarbonate from concentrated wastewaters (i.e. sludge liquor and landfill leachate). The review addresses the microbiology, its consequences for their application, the current status regarding application, and the future developments. IS - 4 JF - FEMS Microbiology Reviews EP - 492 TI - New concepts of microbial treatment processes for the nitrogen removal in wastewater VL - 27 SP - 481 KW - anammox KW - nitrite KW - nitrogen KW - nox KW - removal KW - wastewater AU - Schmidt, Ingo AU - Sliekers, Olav AU - Schmid, Markus AU - Bock, Eberhard AU - Fuerst, John AU - Gijs AU - Jetten, Mike AU - Strous, Marc PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00039-1 ER -