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  • Title: Anammox growth on pretreated municipal wastewater.
    Author: Lotti T, Kleerebezem R, van Erp Taalman Kip C, Hendrickx TL, Kruit J, Hoekstra M, van Loosdrecht MC.
    Journal: Environ Sci Technol; 2014 Jul 15; 48(14):7874-80. PubMed ID: 24927034.
    Abstract:
    Autotrophic nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater enables development of energy autarkic wastewater treatment plants. In this study we report the evaluation of the anammox process in a granular sludge fluidized bed lab-scale reactor continuously fed with the actual effluent of the A-stage of the WWTP of Dokhaven, Rotterdam. The reactor was anoxic, and nitrite was dosed continuously to support anammox activity only. The system was operated for more than ten months at temperatures between 20 and 10 °C. COD was also consumed during the process, but heterotrophs could not outcompete anammox bacteria. Volumetric N-removal rates obtained were comparable or higher than those of conventional N-removal systems, with values higher than 0.4 g-N L(-1) d(-1) when operated at 10 °C. The biomass specific N-removal rate at 10 °C was on average 50±7 mg-N g-VSS(-1) d(-1) during the last month of operations, almost two times higher than previously reported activities at this temperature. FISH analysis revealed that the dominant anammox species was Candidatus Brocadia Fulgida throughout the experimentation. Evidence for growth of anammox bacteria at mainstream conditions was demonstrated for the entire temperature range tested (10-20 °C), and new granules were shown to be actively formed and efficiently retained in the system.
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