Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors: a Sustainable Nitrogen Removal

Reference should be written as: Bertino, A. (2010) " Study on one-stage Partial Nitritation-Anam-mox process in Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors: a sustainable nitrogen removal " TRITA LWR Degree Project Study on one-stage Partial Nitritation-Anammox process in MBBRs: a sustainable nitrogen removal iii Dedicated to my Family and Federica "We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one." Jacques Cousteau vi Study on one-stage Partial Nitritation-Anammox process in MBBRs: a sustainable nitrogen removal vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It is a pleasure to thank my supervisor Professor Elżbieta Płaza who made this interesting thesis possible. It allowed me to investigate a subject of current importance and to learn a lot, from both theoretical and practical points of view. I am indeed grateful to you and I wish you good luck in the hope of achieving rewarding results from this excellent research on the deammonification process. The research on deammonification process was funded by Swedish Institute and Swedish Water Development (SVU). I am heartily grateful to my teachers, Professors Giuseppe Genon and Maurizio Onofrio, who, despite the problem of distance, have been always promptly available for me in order to help me and solve my doubts during my study. Jingjing Yang, PhD student at KTH (Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering) and friend, deserves an enormous thank for her patience and helpful support provided during the whole study. I have really appreciated your effort and your guidance that, especially at the beginning of the study, allowed me to develop the necessary understanding of the subject. You have always been available to discuss issues of experimentation with me and share your knowledge and views throughout the whole study. I do hope that all your efforts will be rewarded in your professional carrier in the best way. I would like to acknowledge Dr. Eng. Jozef Trela (KTH), the leader of the " deammonification project " for his help and his knowledge. Special thanks go to Dr. Eng. Christian Baresel and Dr. Eng. Lars Bengtsson from Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL), for their kindness, assistance and help when needed and for creating a friendly and pleasant atmosphere at the Hammarby Sjöstadsverk research facility. I am also thankful Dr. Eng. Monika Żubrowska for sharing her experience about experimental work and Rune Bergström for his contribution regarding the pilot plant reactor. I would like to extend my gratitude to the excellent KTH Library service that allowed …