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Biological Nitrification and Denitrification Processes

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Biological Treatment Processes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ((HEE,volume 8))

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If the wastewater to be treated contains various forms of nitrogen, three biological treatment steps are required for nitrogen removal: (a) in a bio-oxidation step, organic nitrogen is anerobically broken down to ammonia nitrogen; (b) in a subsequent nitrification step, ammonia nitrogen in the wastewater is aerobically converted to nitrate nitrogen; and (c) in a final denitrification step, nitrate nitrogen is anaerobically or anoxically converted to nitrogen gas. This chapter discusses bio-oxidation, nitrification and denitrification process steps, their principles, and design considerations in detail.

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Lin, YM., Tay, JH., Liu, Y., Hung, YT. (2009). Biological Nitrification and Denitrification Processes. In: Wang, L.K., Pereira, N.C., Hung, YT. (eds) Biological Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 8. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-156-1_13

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