Operating conditions analysis for a partial nitritation process with biomass retention
- Jamilis Ricaldoni, Martín Ignacio
- Garelli, Fabricio
- de Battista, Hernán
- Volcke, Eveline I. P.
DOIAbstract
In wastewater treatment, ammonium removal is a key step which can be done biologically. One method is by coupling a partial nitritation with the Anammox process. The partial nitritation goal is to convert half of the ammonium into nitrite, so ammonium and nitrite can be later converted into dinitrogen gas by Anammox bacteria. To obtain a stable partial nitritation, ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB) have to prevail over nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) so as to avoid further conversion of nitrite into nitrate. Two control objectives can be identified for partial nitritation: the repression of NOB and the regulation of the effluent to obtain the required nitrite to ammonium ratio. In this work, the equilibrium points of the partial nitrificat...
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