Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kampschreur, Marlies J.
• Temmink, Hardy
• Kleerebezem, Robbert
• Jetten, Mike S.M.
• van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M.

Titel

Nitrous oxide emission during wastewater treatment

Ist Teil von

• Water research (Oxford), 2009-09, Vol.43 (17), p.4093-4103

Ort / Verlag

Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Nitrous oxide (N 2O), a potent greenhouse gas, can be emitted during wastewater treatment, significantly contributing to the greenhouse gas footprint. Measurements at lab-scale and full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have demonstrated that N 2O can be emitted in substantial amounts during nitrogen removal in WWTPs, however, a large variation in reported emission values exists. Analysis of literature data enabled the identification of the most important operational parameters leading to N 2O emission in WWTPs: (i) low dissolved oxygen concentration in the nitrification and denitrification stages, (ii) increased nitrite concentrations in both nitrification and denitrification stages, and (iii) low COD/N ratio in the denitrification stage. From the literature it remains unclear whether nitrifying or denitrifying microorganisms are the main source of N 2O emissions. Operational strategies to prevent N 2O emission from WWTPs are discussed and areas in which further research is urgently required are identified.