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Nitrogen removal from digested manure in a simple one-stage process

Gomez, Villegas
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David, Juan
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Fruteau de Laclos, Hélène
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2011
Water Science & Technology

A process based on partial nitrification and recirculation into the anaerobic digester was studied to remove nitrogen from digested manure and thus reduce enhanced gaseous ammonia emissions due to on-farm biogas production. An anaerobic reactor representing an anaerobic manure digester was fed with a nitrite solution and digested manure liquor. Nitrite was efficiently removed from the influent and ammonium formation was observed first. Ammonium was subsequently eliminated up to a maximum of 90% of the influent concentration indicating anaerobic ammonium oxidation activity. This activity however decreased again and was lost at the end of the 4 months operation period. In an 1.5-L aerobic CSTR that was fed with digested manure liquor, ammonium was efficiently removed from the influent. Nitrite and nitrate formation was observed but mass balances indicated significant N-removal. Accumulation of suspended solids was observed at the end of the experiment suggesting presence of oxygen-free environments. In a second test in a 15-L CSTR where suspended solids sedimentation could be avoided, low N-removal rates were observed in the absence of biofilm carrier elements whereas high N-removal rates were achieved in their presence. A simple one-stage process based on immobilized biomass could therefore be installed downstream of agricultural anaerobic digesters in order to mitigate undesirable gaseous ammonia emissions

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research article
DOI
10.2166/wst.2011.430
Web of Science ID

WOS:000291184100026

Author(s)
Gomez, Villegas
David, Juan
Fruteau de Laclos, Hélène
Dovat, Julien
Membrez, Yves
Holliger, Christof  
Date Issued

2011

Publisher

IWA Publishing

Published in
Water Science & Technology
Volume

63

Issue

9

Start page

1991

End page

1996

Subjects

ammonia emissions

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Anammox

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biogas

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denitrification

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partial nitrification

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Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation

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Piggery Waste-Water

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Aerobic Denitrification

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Biological Treatment

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Anammox

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Nitrite

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Reactor

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Oxide

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January 5, 2011
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