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Engineering application of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in wastewater treatment

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Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox), a promising biological nitrogen removal process, has been verified as an efficient, sustainable and cost-effective alternative to conventional nitrification and denitrification processes. To date, more than 110 full-scale anammox plants have been installed and are in operation, treating industrial NH4 +-rich wastewater worldwide, and anammox-based technologies are flourishing. This review the current state of the art for engineering applications of the anammox process, including various anammox-based technologies, reactor selection and attempts to apply it at different wastewater plants. Process control and implementation for stable performance are discussed as well as some remaining issues concerning engineering application are exposed, including the start-up period, process disturbances, greenhouse gas emissions and especially mainstream anammox applications. Finally, further development of the anammox engineering application is proposed in this review.

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This research was supported by The National Key Technology R&D Program (No. 2014BAC08B00).

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    Nianjia Mao, Hongqiang Ren, Jinju Geng, Lili Ding & Ke Xu

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Mao, N., Ren, H., Geng, J. et al. Engineering application of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process in wastewater treatment. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 33, 153 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-017-2313-7

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