Nitrite oxidation in wastewater treatment: microbial adaptation and suppression challenges

Z Su, T Liu, J Guo, M Zheng - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microbial nitrite oxidation is the primary pathway that generates nitrate in wastewater
treatment systems and can be performed by a variety of microbes: namely, nitrite-oxidizing …

Sustainable nitrogen removal in anammox-mediated systems: Microbial metabolic pathways, operational conditions and mathematical modelling

HE Al-Hazmi, X Lu, D Grubba, J Majtacz… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anammox-mediated systems have attracted considerable attention as alternative cost-
effective technologies for sustainable nitrogen (N) removal from wastewater. This review …

Toward energy neutrality: novel wastewater treatment incorporating acidophilic ammonia oxidation

Z Hu, T Liu, Z Wang, J Meng… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) followed by partial nitritation and anammox
(PN/A) and anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising roadmap to achieve energy-neutral …

[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 …

A review of anammox-based nitrogen removal technology: From microbial diversity to engineering applications

ZQ Ren, H Wang, LG Zhang, XN Du, BC Huang… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process has the advantages of high
efficiency and low energy consumption, so it has broad application prospects in biological …

Sulfur autotrophic denitrification as an efficient nitrogen removals method for wastewater treatment towards lower organic requirement: a review

T Wang, X Li, H Wang, G Xue, M Zhou, X Ran, Y Wang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The sulfur autotrophic denitrification (SADN) process is an organic–free denitrification
process that utilizes reduced inorganic sulfur compounds (RISCs) as the electron donor for …

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 …

Unveiling the roles of biofilm in reducing N2O emission in a nitrifying integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) system

Y He, Y Liu, X Li, T Zhu, Y Liu - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Biofilm process such as integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) system has been
preliminarily found to produce less nitrous oxide (N 2 O) than suspended sludge system …

Mainstream nitrogen removal from low temperature and low ammonium strength municipal wastewater using hydrogel-encapsulated comammox and anammox

B Li, BJ Godfrey, R RedCorn, P Candry, B Abrahamson… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Application of partial nitritation (PN)-anammox to mainstream wastewater treatment faces
challenges in low water temperature and low ammonium strength. In this study, a continuous …

Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage

M Zheng, Z Hu, T Liu, M Sperandio, EIP Volcke… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The ongoing paradigm shift in sewage management from pollution control to resource
recovery is an integral part of a circular economy. Efforts have traditionally concentrated on …