Code
01W08617
Duration
01 October 2017 → 31 July 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Applied mathematics in specific fields
- Computer architecture and networks
- Distributed computing
- Information sciences
- Information systems
- Programming languages
- Scientific computing
- Theoretical computer science
- Visual computing
- Other information and computing sciences
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Engineering and technology
- Catalysis and reacting systems engineering
- Chemical product design and formulation
- General chemical and biochemical engineering
- Process engineering
- Separation and membrane technologies
- Sustainable and environmental engineering
- Transport phenomena
- Other (bio)chemical engineering
Keywords
lab-scale experiments
modelling
simulation
wastewater treatment
biological nitrogen removal
nitrification-denitrification
partial nitritation
anammox
Project description
Direct anaerobic treatment of sewage allows energy recovery and is widely applied in Brazil. This project deals with the necessary post-treatment to remove nitrogen and residual carbon, more specifically in sponge-bed trickling filters. The project objectives are (i) optimization of conventional nitrogen removal, (ii) realization and optimization of anammox-based nitrogen removal, and (iii) the evaluation and comparison of both options.