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Application of a moving bed biofilm reactor for tertiary ammonia treatment in high temperature industrial wastewater.

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Shore, JL; M'Coy, WS; Gunsch, CK; Deshusses, MA
Published in: Bioresource technology
May 2012

This study examines the use of a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) as a tertiary treatment step for ammonia removal in high temperature (35-45°C) effluents, and quantifies different phenotypes of ammonia and nitrite oxidizing bacteria responsible for nitrification at elevated temperatures. Bench scale reactors operating at 35 and 40°C were able to successfully remove greater than 90% of the influent ammonia (up to 19 mg L(-1) NH(3)-N) in both the synthetic and industrial wastewater. No biotreatment was observed at 45°C, although effective nitrification was rapidly recovered when the temperature was lowered to 30°C. Using qPCR, Nitrosomonas oligotropha was found to be the dominant ammonia oxidizing bacterium in the biofilm for the first phases of reactor operation. In the later phases, Nitrosomonas nitrosa was observed and its increased presence may have been responsible for improved ammonia treatment efficiency. Accumulation of nitrite in some instances appeared to correlate with temporary low presence of Nitrospira spp.

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Bioresource technology

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EISSN

1873-2976

ISSN

0960-8524

Publication Date

May 2012

Volume

112

Start / End Page

51 / 60

Related Subject Headings

  • Water Purification
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid
  • Nitrogen
  • Industrial Waste
  • Hot Temperature
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Biotechnology
  • Bioreactors
  • Biomass
  • Biofilms
 

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Shore, J. L., M’Coy, W. S., Gunsch, C. K., & Deshusses, M. A. (2012). Application of a moving bed biofilm reactor for tertiary ammonia treatment in high temperature industrial wastewater. Bioresource Technology, 112, 51–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.045
Shore, Jennifer L., William S. M’Coy, Claudia K. Gunsch, and Marc A. Deshusses. “Application of a moving bed biofilm reactor for tertiary ammonia treatment in high temperature industrial wastewater.Bioresource Technology 112 (May 2012): 51–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.045.
Shore JL, M’Coy WS, Gunsch CK, Deshusses MA. Application of a moving bed biofilm reactor for tertiary ammonia treatment in high temperature industrial wastewater. Bioresource technology. 2012 May;112:51–60.
Shore, Jennifer L., et al. “Application of a moving bed biofilm reactor for tertiary ammonia treatment in high temperature industrial wastewater.Bioresource Technology, vol. 112, May 2012, pp. 51–60. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.045.
Shore JL, M’Coy WS, Gunsch CK, Deshusses MA. Application of a moving bed biofilm reactor for tertiary ammonia treatment in high temperature industrial wastewater. Bioresource technology. 2012 May;112:51–60.
Journal cover image

Published In

Bioresource technology

DOI

EISSN

1873-2976

ISSN

0960-8524

Publication Date

May 2012

Volume

112

Start / End Page

51 / 60

Related Subject Headings

  • Water Purification
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid
  • Nitrogen
  • Industrial Waste
  • Hot Temperature
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Biotechnology
  • Bioreactors
  • Biomass
  • Biofilms