A 20-year journey of partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A): from sidestream toward mainstream

Z Wang, M Zheng, H Duan, Z Yuan… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ana erobic amm onium ox idation (anammox) was discovered as a new microbial reaction in
the late 1990s, which led to the development of an innovative energy-and carbon-efficient …

Sonoprocessing: from concepts to large-scale reactors

D Meroni, R Djellabi, M Ashokkumar… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Intensification of ultrasonic processes for diversified applications, including environmental
remediation, extractions, food processes, and synthesis of materials, has received attention …

Toward energy neutrality: novel wastewater treatment incorporating acidophilic ammonia oxidation

Z Hu, T Liu, Z Wang, J Meng… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) followed by partial nitritation and anammox
(PN/A) and anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising roadmap to achieve energy-neutral …

Light Irradiation Enables Rapid Start-Up of Nitritation through Suppressing nxrB Gene Expression and Stimulating Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

L Wang, S Qiu, J Guo, S Ge - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nitritation facilitates the application of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox)-based
processes for cost-efficient nitrogen removal from wastewater. This study proposed light …

[HTML][HTML] The occurrence and role of Nitrospira in nitrogen removal systems

MJ Mehrani, D Sobotka, P Kowal, S Ciesielski… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Application of the modern microbial techniques changed the paradigm about the
microorganisms performing nitrification. Numerous investigations recognized …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of suppressing nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in membrane aerated biofilm reactors by low dissolved oxygen control

Y Lu, T Liu, C Niu, H Duan, M Zheng, S Hu, Z Yuan… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) and shortcut nitrogen removal are two types of
solutions to reduce energy consumption in wastewater treatment, with the former improving …

A critical review of improving mainstream anammox systems: Based on macroscopic process regulation and microscopic enhancement mechanisms

X Zhang, X Zhang, J Chen, P Wu, Z Yang, L Zhou… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Full-scale anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) engineering applications are vastly
limited by the sensitivity of anammox bacteria to the complex mainstream ambience factors …

Robust nitritation sustained by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Z Wang, M Zheng, J Meng, Z Hu, G Ni… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxidation of ammonium to nitrite rather than nitrate, ie, nitritation, is critical for autotrophic
nitrogen removal. This study demonstrates a robust nitritation process in treating low …

Effect of short-term light irradiation with varying energy densities on the activities of nitrifiers in wastewater

M Yang, S Qiu, L Wang, Z Chen, Y Hu, J Guo, S Ge - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgal-bacterial consortium (MBC) process has been proposed as an alternative to
conventional activated sludge process for nitrogen removal from wastewater. As one of the …

Nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) contained in influent deteriorate mainstream NOB suppression by sidestream inactivation

H Duan, L Ye, Q Wang, M Zheng, X Lu, Z Wang… - Water Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Sidestream sludge treatment approaches have been developed in recent years to achieve
mainstream nitrite shunt or partial nitritation, where NOB are selectively inactivated by …