title: Biological nutrient removal by a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) using an internal organic carbon source in digested piggery wastewater.
abstract: Experiments in a lab-scale SBR were conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of using an internal carbon source (non-digested pig manure) for biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal in digested piggery wastewater. The internal C-source used for denitrification had similar effects to acetate. 99.8% of nitrogen and 97.8% of phosphate were removed in the SBR, from an initial content in the feed of 900 mg/l ammonia and 90 mg/l phosphate.
authors.affiliation: Departament d'Enginyeria Química i Metallúrgia, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès, no. 1, pta. 6, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Obaja
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macé
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mata-Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019149:Bioreactors; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008372:Manure; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013552:Swine; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008372:Manure; D010758:Phosphorus; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen