Full-Scale Demonstration of Nitrogen Removal from Mature Landfill Leachate Using a Two-Stage Partial Nitritation and Anammox Process
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Method and Materials
2.1. Full-Scale System Setup, Operation, and Monitoring
2.2. Chemical Analysis
2.3. Microbial Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Long-Term Operation of PN Process
3.2. Long-Term Operation of Anammox Process
3.3. Microbial Community Composition Assessment
3.4. Implications and Limitations
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Unit | Value |
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Ammonia nitrogen | mg N/L | 1042.7 ± 267.1 |
Total nitrogen | mg N/L | 1311.0 ± 375.5 |
COD | mg O2/L | 2082.7 ± 506.0 |
pH | 8.5 ± 0.1 |
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Du, R.; Lu, D.; Zuo, Z.; Zhang, R.; Lu, X.; Zhu, C.; Hu, Z. Full-Scale Demonstration of Nitrogen Removal from Mature Landfill Leachate Using a Two-Stage Partial Nitritation and Anammox Process. Processes 2024, 12, 1307. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12071307
Du R, Lu D, Zuo Z, Zhang R, Lu X, Zhu C, Hu Z. Full-Scale Demonstration of Nitrogen Removal from Mature Landfill Leachate Using a Two-Stage Partial Nitritation and Anammox Process. Processes. 2024; 12(7):1307. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12071307
Chicago/Turabian StyleDu, Rui, Dandan Lu, Zhiqiang Zuo, Renfu Zhang, Xi Lu, Chunshen Zhu, and Zhetai Hu. 2024. "Full-Scale Demonstration of Nitrogen Removal from Mature Landfill Leachate Using a Two-Stage Partial Nitritation and Anammox Process" Processes 12, no. 7: 1307. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12071307
APA StyleDu, R., Lu, D., Zuo, Z., Zhang, R., Lu, X., Zhu, C., & Hu, Z. (2024). Full-Scale Demonstration of Nitrogen Removal from Mature Landfill Leachate Using a Two-Stage Partial Nitritation and Anammox Process. Processes, 12(7), 1307. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12071307