The response of nitrous oxide emissions to different operating conditions in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants in Southeastern Brazil

• Published in: Water science and technology Vol. 76; no. 9; pp. 2337 - 2349
• Main Authors: Ribeiro, Renato P., Bueno, Rodrigo F., Piveli, Roque P., Kligerman, Débora C., de Mello, William Z., Oliveira, Jaime L. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IWA Publishing 01.11.2017
• Subjects: Activated sludge; Adequacy; Aeration; Aeration tanks; Air flow; Chemical oxygen demand; Climate change; Climate effects; Denitrification; Developing countries; Dissolved oxygen; Emission measurements; Emissions; Flow rates; Flow velocity; Landfills; LDCs; Leachates; Marginalized groups; Nitrification; Nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen removal; Nitrous oxide; Oxidation; Removal; Shock loading; Sludge; Tanks; Waste disposal sites; Wastewater; Wastewater treatment; Wastewater treatment plants; Water treatment plants; Brazil

The continuous measurements of N2O emissions from the aeration tanks of three activated sludge wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) operated with biological nitrogen removal (BNR) and non-BNR were performed during the different operating conditions of several parameters, such as aeration, dissolved o...