Project

Optimization of sponge-bed trickling filters for nitrogen removal from anaerobically treated sewage

Code
01W08617
Duration
01 October 2017 → 31 July 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Applied mathematics in specific fields not elsewhere classified
    • Computer architecture and networks not elsewhere classified
    • Distributed computing not elsewhere classified
    • Information sciences not elsewhere classified
    • Information systems not elsewhere classified
    • Programming languages not elsewhere classified
    • Scientific computing not elsewhere classified
    • Theoretical computer science not elsewhere classified
    • Visual computing not elsewhere classified
    • Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified
  • Engineering and technology
    • Catalysis and reacting systems engineering not elsewhere classified
    • Chemical product design and formulation not elsewhere classified
    • General chemical and biochemical engineering not elsewhere classified
    • Process engineering not elsewhere classified
    • Separation and membrane technologies not elsewhere classified
    • Sustainable and environmental engineering not elsewhere classified
    • Transport phenomena not elsewhere classified
    • Other (bio)chemical engineering not elsewhere classified
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.