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Published on: December 25, 2015
Denitrification at low temperatures using a suspended carrier biofilm process
1Department of Biotechnology, Centre for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden. ulrika.welander@biotek.lu.se
Abstract:
The denitrification process was studied in a stirred lab-scale suspended carrier biofilm reactor at low temperatures (3-20 degrees C). The reactor was filled to 50% with Kaldnes K1 carriers. The denitrification rate showed only a rather weak dependence on the temperature, the rate at 3 degrees C being approximately 55% of that at 15 degrees C. The maximum denitrification rate obtained at 15 degrees C was 2.7 g NO(x)(-)-Nm(-2)carrier d (-1). The maximum denitrification rate at 3 degrees C during an 8-day period was found to be constant. During the 8 days, the hydraulic retention time was approximately 1.5h and the inlet NO(3)(-)-N concentration was 30 mg x l(-1).
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