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Butler, Mark D. |
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Wang, Yayi |
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Cartmell, Elise |
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dc.contributor.author |
Stephenson, Tom |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-04-03T23:01:13Z |
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dc.date.available |
2012-04-03T23:01:13Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009-03-01T00:00:00Z |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Butler MD, Wang YY, Cartmell E, Stephenson T. (2009) Nitrous oxide emissions for early warning of biological nitrification failure in activated sludge. Water Research, Volume 43, Issue 5, March 2009, pp. 1265-1272 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0043-1354 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2008.12.027 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3362 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Experiments were carried out to establish whether nitrous oxide (N2O) could be
used as a non-invasive early warning indicator for nitrification failure. Eight
experiments were undertaken; duplicate shocks DO depletion, influent ammonia
increases, allylthiourea (ATU) shocks and sodium azide (NaN3) shocks were
conducted on a pilot-scale activated sludge plant which consisted of a 315 L
completely mixed aeration tank and 100 L clarifier. The process performed well
during pre-shock stable operation; ammonia removals were up to 97.8% and N2O
emissions were of low variability (<0.5 ppm). However, toxic shock loads
produced an N2O response of a rise in off-gas concentrations ranging from 16.5
to 186.3 ppm, followed by a lag-time ranging from 3 to 5 h ((0.43–0.71) × HRT)
of increased NH3-N and/or NO2− in the effluent ranging from 3.4 to 41.2 mg L−1.
It is this lag-time that provides the early warning for process failure, thus
mitigating action can be taken to avoid nitrogen contamination of receiving |
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en_UK |
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dc.publisher |
Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. |
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dc.subject |
Activated sludge |
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dc.subject |
Early warning |
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dc.subject |
Nitrification |
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dc.subject |
Nitrous oxide |
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dc.subject |
Toxic shocks |
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dc.title |
Nitrous oxide emissions for early warning of biological nitrification failure in
activated sludge. |
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dc.type |
Article |
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