A 20-year journey of partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A): from sidestream toward mainstream

Z Wang, M Zheng, H Duan, Z Yuan… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ana erobic amm onium ox idation (anammox) was discovered as a new microbial reaction in
the late 1990s, which led to the development of an innovative energy-and carbon-efficient …

Common principles and best practices for engineering microbiomes

CE Lawson, WR Harcombe, R Hatzenpichler… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Despite broad scientific interest in harnessing the power of Earth's microbiomes, knowledge
gaps hinder their efficient use for addressing urgent societal and environmental challenges …

[HTML][HTML] One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application

M Zheng, H Li, H Duan, T Liu, Z Wang, J Zhao, Z Hu… - Water Research X, 2023 - Elsevier
Mainstream nitrogen removal via anammox is widely recognized as a promising wastewater
treatment process. However, its application is challenging at large scale due to unstable …

Challenges, solutions and prospects of mainstream anammox-based process for municipal wastewater treatment

L Wang, W Gu, Y Liu, P Liang, X Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) process has a promising application prospect for
the mainstream deammonification of municipal wastewater due to its high efficiency and low …

A successful start-up of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) coupled mainstream partial nitritation-anammox (PN/A) system: a pilot-scale study on in-situ …

J Wu, Z Kong, Z Luo, Y Qin, C Rong, T Wang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In this pilot-scale study, an innovative mainstream treatment process that couples the
anaerobic membrane reactor (AnMBR) with a one-stage PN/A system was proposed for …

A critical review on microbial ecology in the novel biological nitrogen removal process: Dynamic balance of complex functional microbes for nitrogen removal

H Chen, K Liu, E Yang, J Chen, Y Gu, S Wu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The novel biological nitrogen removal process has been extensively studied for its high
nitrogen removal efficiency, energy efficiency, and greenness. A successful novel biological …

From hybrid process to pure biofilm anammox process: Suspended sludge biomass management contributing to high-level anammox enrichment in biofilms

Q Zhao, J Li, L Deng, T Jia, Y Zhao, X Li, Y Peng - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of mainstream anammox is highly desirable for municipal wastewater
treatment. However, enrichment of anammox bacteria (AnAOB) is challenging, particularly …

Biomass retention and microbial segregation to offset the impacts of seasonal temperatures for a pilot-scale integrated fixed-film activated sludge partial nitritation …

C Rong, Z Luo, T Wang, Y Qin, J Wu, Y Guo, Y Hu… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Partial nitritation-anammox (PN/A) is a promising deammonification process to develop
energy-neutral wastewater treatment plants. However, the mainstream application of PN/A …

Towards mainstream deammonification of municipal wastewater: Partial nitrification-anammox versus partial denitrification-anammox

M Zhang, S Wang, B Ji, Y Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The mainstream deammonification has been believed as a viable technology for the energy-
neutral municipal wastewater treatment, which can be realized through two approaches …

Unravelling adaptation of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in mainstream PN/A process: Mechanisms and counter-strategies

Z Wang, M Zheng, Z Hu, H Duan, H De Clippeleir… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Stable suppression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) is still a major challenge for the
implementation of partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A) in mainstream treatment. Despite …