{"id":11846,"date":"2018-01-01T16:28:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/2018\/01\/01\/microbial-electricity-driven-anoxic-ammonium-removal\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:32:36","slug":"microbial-electricity-driven-anoxic-ammonium-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/2018\/01\/01\/microbial-electricity-driven-anoxic-ammonium-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbial electricity driven anoxic ammonium removal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11846\" class=\"elementor elementor-11846 elementor-6344\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d77a170 ts-col-stretched-none ts-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d77a170\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65cf4c7 ts-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"65cf4c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7611f62 ts-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-ts_heading\" data-id=\"7611f62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ts_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ts-heading-subheading ts-reverse-heading-yes animation-style4\"><h4 class=\"ts-custom-heading ts-custom-subtitle\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\tAuthors: Vilajeliu-Pons, A., Koch, C., Balaguer, M.D., Colprim, J., Harnisch, F., Puig, S.                                                                                                         \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"ts-custom-heading ts-custom-heading-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\tMicrobial electricity driven anoxic ammonium removal\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7120c86c ts-col-stretched-none ts-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7120c86c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32c7c830 ts-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"32c7c830\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65baf5c3 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65baf5c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Removal of nitrogen, mainly in form of ammonium (NH<sub>4<\/sub>\u00a0<sup>+<\/sup>), in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is a highly energy demanding process, mainly due to aeration. It causes costs of about half a million Euros per year in an average European WWTP. Alternative, more economical technologies for the removal of nitrogen compounds from wastewater are required. This study proves the complete anoxic conversion of ammonium (NH<sub>4<\/sub>\u00a0<sup>+<\/sup>) to dinitrogen gas (N<sub>2<\/sub>) in continuously operated bioelectrochemical systems at the litre-scale. The removal rate is comparable to conventional WWTPs with 35 \u00b1 10 g N m<sup>\u22123<\/sup>\u00a0d<sup>\u22121<\/sup>\u00a0with low accumulation of NO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0<sup>\u2212<\/sup>, NO<sub>3<\/sub>\u00a0<sup>\u2212<\/sup>, N<sub>2<\/sub>O. In contrast to classical aerobic nitrification, the energy consumption is considerable lower (1.16 \u00b1 0.21 kWh kg<sup>\u22121<\/sup>\u00a0N, being more than 35 times less than for the conventional wastewater treatment). Biotic and abiotic control experiments confirmed that the anoxic nitrification was an electrochemical biological process mainly performed by Nitrosomonas with hydroxylamine as the main substrate (mid-point potential, E<sub>ox<\/sub>\u00a0= +0.67 \u00b1 0.08 V vs. SHE). This article proves the technical feasibility and reduction of costs for ammonium removal from wastewater, investigates the underlying mechanisms and discusses future engineering needs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93f80fc ts-col-stretched-none ts-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93f80fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28e5e306 ts-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"28e5e306\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d002368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"4d002368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1291\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1291\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Additional Info<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1291\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1291\"><table style=\"border: hidden;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #efefef;\">\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"200\"><strong>Year:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #efefef;\">\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"200\"><strong>Authors:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Vilajeliu-Pons, A., Koch, C., Balaguer, M.D., Colprim, J., Harnisch, F., Puig, S.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #efefef;\">\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"200\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Water Research Volume 130, 1 March 2018, Pages 168-175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #efefef;\">\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"200\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2017.11.059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2017.11.059<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc51fbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bc51fbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Vilajeliu-Pons, A., Koch, C., Balaguer, M.D., Colprim, J., Harnisch, F., Puig, S. Microbial electricity driven anoxic ammonium removal Removal of nitrogen, mainly in form of ammonium (NH4\u00a0+), in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is a highly energy demanding process, mainly due to aeration. 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