Phosphorous removal and recovery from urban wastewater: Current practices and new directions

F Di Capua, S de Sario, A Ferraro, A Petrella… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphate rocks are an irreplaceable resource to produce fertilizers, but their availability will
not be enough to meet the increasing demands of agriculture for food production. At the …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the state of development of aerobic granular sludge technology over the last 20 years: Full-scale applications and resource recovery

R Hamza, A Rabii, F Ezzahraoui, G Morgan… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aerobic granular sludge (AGS) biotechnology has gained increasing interest during the
past two decades as a potential replacement of the conventional activated sludge (CAS) …

Advances in continuous flow aerobic granular sludge: A review

D Xu, J Li, J Liu, X Qu, H Ma - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2022 - Elsevier
Aerobic granule in continuous-flow process is drawing increasing global interest in a quest
for an efficient and innovative technology in the biological wastewater treatment. This paper …

Methanotrophs: discoveries, environmental relevance, and a perspective on current and future applications

S Guerrero-Cruz, A Vaksmaa, MA Horn… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Methane is the final product of the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. The
conversion of organic matter to methane (methanogenesis) as a mechanism for energy …

A review of phosphorus removal technologies and their applicability to small-scale domestic wastewater treatment systems

JT Bunce, E Ndam, ID Ofiteru, A Moore… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The removal of phosphorus (P) from domestic wastewater is primarily to reduce the potential
for eutrophication in receiving waters, and is mandated and common in many countries …

Aerobic granular sludge technology: mechanisms of granulation and biotechnological applications

YV Nancharaiah, GKK Reddy - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is a novel microbial community which allows simultaneous
removal of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and other pollutants in a single sludge system …

Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in WWTP effluent-receiving water bodies and reclaimed wastewater treatment plants

R Wang, M Ji, H Zhai, Y Guo, Y Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
There is a growing concern on the fate and the consequent ecological or health risks of
antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in natural or artificial water environment …

Simultaneous nitrification–denitrification in biofilm systems for wastewater treatment: Key factors, potential routes, and engineered applications

F Di Capua, F Iannacone, F Sabba, G Esposito - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Simultaneous nitrification–denitrification (SND) is an advantageous bioprocess that allows
the complete removal of ammonia nitrogen through sequential redox reactions leading to …

Rapid formation of aerobic granular sludge by bioaugmentation technology: a review

X Han, Y Jin, J Yu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is the most promising technology to upgrade the most widely
applied conventional activated sludge (CAS) due to its overwhelming advantages. Long …

What is the best biological process for nitrogen removal: when and why?

PL McCarty - 2018 - ACS Publications
Many different aerobic and anaerobic biological processes and treatment schemes are
available for transforming organics and/or removing nitrogen from domestic wastewaters …