Loading of water bodies with dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved total nitrogen (DTN) affects their integrity and functioning. Microbial interactions mitigate the negative effects of high nutrient loads in these ecosystems. Despite numerous studies on how biodiversity mediates ecosystem functions, whether and how diversity and complexity of microbial food webs (horizontal, vertical) an...

CEB Biofilm Group In biological denitrification of wastewater nitrate (NO3 -) or nitrite (NO2 -) are converted into nitrogen gas (N2), in the absence of dissolved oxygen (DO) or under limited DO concentrations. A rotating biological contactor (RBC) is an attached growth bioreactor, that constitutes a very unique and superior alternative technology for carbon oxidation, phosphorus removal, nitri...

This work demonstrates the usefulness of non-linear data reconciliation to evaluate available measurements and estimate unmeasured variables for a full-scale partial nitritation (SHARON) reactor for the treatment of wastewater with high ammonium concentrations. Despite a lack of measured data, the bilinear approach of formulating system constraints allowed to satisfy the requirements for data r...

Biological nitrogen removal in an activated sludge process is obtained by two biological processes: nitrification and denitrification. Denitrifying bacteria need sufficient amounts of readily metabolized carbon. The objective of this paper is to develop an automatic control strategy for adjusting the external carbon flow rate so that the nitrate concentration in the last anoxic compartment is k...

In this study, a lab-scale fixed-film bio-media process was developed and operated to evaluate nitrogen removal from domestic sewage treatment plants. For removal, the applied in series with anaerobic, anoxic, aerobic units three separate reactors that were continuously at same loading rates hydraulic retention time. A biofilm separation bioreactor for on-site wastewater employed synthetic fibe...

Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus is known to be somewhat problematic in vertical subsurface flow (VSSF)constructed wetlands. In this pilot-scale study, two planted (Typha latifolia L. [cattail]) VSSF-constructed wetlands A (with polypropylene pellets) and B (without polypropylene pellets) and one unplanted control C (without polypropylene pellets) were designed to test the contribution of pol...