Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in a bioreactor treating slaughterhouse wastewater



Document title: Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in a bioreactor treating slaughterhouse wastewater
Journal: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000309033
ISSN: 0104-6632
Authors: 1




2

Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Tecnologia, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Brasil
2Universidad de la República, Facultad de Química, Montevideo. Uruguay
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 22
Number: 4
Pages: 593-600
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract Ammonium oxidation was thought to be an exclusively aerobic process; however, as recently described in the literature, it is also possible under anaerobic conditions and this process was named ANAMMOX. This work describes the operation of a system consisting of a denitrifying reactor coupled to a nitrifying reactor used for removal of nitrogen from slaughterhouse wastewater. During operation of the denitrifying reactor an average nitrogen ammonium removal rate of 50 mg/Ld was observed. This biomass was used to seed a second reactor, operated in repeated fed batch mode, fed with synthetic medium specific to the growth of bacteria responsible for the ANAMMOX process. The nitrogen loading rate varied between 33 and 67 mgN/Ld and average nitrogen removal was 95% and 40%, respectively. Results of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) confirmed the presence of anammox-like microorganisms in the enriched biomass
Disciplines: Ingeniería,
Química
Keyword: Ingeniería ambiental,
Química de alimentos,
Rastros,
Aguas residuales,
Remoción de nitrógeno,
Oxidación anaeróbica,
Amoníaco
Keyword: Engineering,
Chemistry,
Environmental engineering,
Food chemistry,
Slaughterhouses,
Waste water,
Nitrogen removal,
Anaerobic oxidation,
Ammonia
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