A novel and efficient way of removing nitrogen from wastewater poor in biodegradable organic carbon, is the combination of partial nitritation and anoxic ammonium oxidation (anammox), as in the one-stage oxygen-limited autotrophic nitrification/denitrification (OLAND) process. Since anoxic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria grow very slowly, maximum biomass retention in the reactor is required. In this study, a lab-scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was used to develop granular, rapidly settling biomass. With SBR cycles of one hour and a minimum biomass settling velocity of 0.7 m/h, OLAND granules were formed in 1.5 months and the nitrogen removal rate increased from 50 to 450 mg N L−1 d−1 in 2 months. The granules had a mean diameter of 1.8 mm and their aerobic and anoxic ammonium-oxidizing activities were well equilibrated to perform the OLAND reaction. Fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) demonstrated the presence of both β-proteobacterial aerobic ammonium oxidizers and planctomycetes (among which anoxic ammonium oxidizers) in the granules. The presented results show the applicability of rapidly settling granular biomass for one-stage partial nitritation and anammox.
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September 01 2008
Granular biomass capable of partial nitritation and anammox
S. E. Vlaeminck;
1Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Ghent 9000, Belgium E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
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L. F. F. Cloetens;
L. F. F. Cloetens
1Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Ghent 9000, Belgium E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
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M. Carballa;
M. Carballa
1Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Ghent 9000, Belgium E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
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N. Boon;
N. Boon
1Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Ghent 9000, Belgium E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
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W. Verstraete
W. Verstraete
1Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Ghent 9000, Belgium E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
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Water Sci Technol (2008) 58 (5): 1113–1120.
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S. E. Vlaeminck, L. F. F. Cloetens, M. Carballa, N. Boon, W. Verstraete; Granular biomass capable of partial nitritation and anammox. Water Sci Technol 1 September 2008; 58 (5): 1113–1120. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.731
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