Biological nitrogen removal from sewage via anammox: recent advances

B Ma, S Wang, S Cao, Y Miao, F Jia, R Du… - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Biological nitrogen removal from sewage via anammox is a promising and feasible
technology to make sewage treatment energy-neutral or energy-positive. Good retention of …

Technologies for reducing sludge production in wastewater treatment plants: State of the art

Q Wang, W Wei, Y Gong, Q Yu, Q Li, J Sun… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review presents the state-of-the-art sludge reduction technologies applied in both
wastewater and sludge treatment lines. They include chemical, mechanical, thermal …

Towards hydrogen production from waste activated sludge: Principles, challenges and perspectives

Q Fu, D Wang, X Li, Q Yang, Q Xu, BJ Ni… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen production from waste activated sludge (WAS) was widely considered and
intensively investigated as a promising technology to recover energy from wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of suppressing nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in membrane aerated biofilm reactors by low dissolved oxygen control

Y Lu, T Liu, C Niu, H Duan, M Zheng, S Hu, Z Yuan… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) and shortcut nitrogen removal are two types of
solutions to reduce energy consumption in wastewater treatment, with the former improving …

Improving wastewater management using free nitrous acid (FNA)

H Duan, S Gao, X Li, NH Ab Hamid, G Jiang, M Zheng… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Free nitrous acid (FNA), the protonated form of nitrite, has historically been an unwanted
substance in wastewater systems due to its inhibition on a wide range of microorganisms …

Free nitrous acid (FNA)-based pretreatment enhances methane production from waste activated sludge

Q Wang, L Ye, G Jiang, PD Jensen… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS) is currently enjoying renewed interest
due to the potential for methane production. However, methane production is often limited by …

Side-stream sludge treatment using free nitrous acid selectively eliminates nitrite oxidizing bacteria and achieves the nitrite pathway

Q Wang, L Ye, G Jiang, S Hu, Z Yuan - Water Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•FNA inactivates NOB to a much larger extent than it does on AOB.•Sludge
treatment using FNA is effective in establishing the nitrite pathway.•Sludge treatment using …

Free nitrous acid pre-treatment of waste activated sludge enhances volatile solids destruction and improves sludge dewaterability in continuous anaerobic digestion

W Wei, Q Wang, L Zhang, A Laloo, H Duan… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous work has demonstrated that pre-treatment of waste activated sludge (WAS) with
free nitrous acid (FNA ie HNO 2) enhances the biodegradability of WAS, identified by a 20 …

Free nitrous acid serving as a pretreatment method for alkaline fermentation to enhance short-chain fatty acid production from waste activated sludge

J Zhao, D Wang, X Li, Q Yang, H Chen, Y Zhong… - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Alkaline condition (especially pH 10) has been demonstrated to be a promising method for
short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production from waste activated sludge anaerobic …

Achieving stable nitritation for mainstream deammonification by combining free nitrous acid-based sludge treatment and oxygen limitation

D Wang, Q Wang, A Laloo, Y Xu, PL Bond, Z Yuan - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Stable nitritation is a critical bottleneck for achieving autotrophic nitrogen removal using the
energy-saving mainstream deammonification process. Herein we report a new strategy to …