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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Nitrogen removal from slaughterhouse wastewater by means of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) in modified sequencing batch biofilm reactor systems (SBBR) |
| Research Area | Water |
| Project Acronym | SND SBBR |
| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Xinmin Zhan |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.27905, -9.05794 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 09/01/2006 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 09/06/2009 |
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| Project Keywords | Wastewater; Slaughterhouse; Denitrification; Nitrification |
| Project Abstract | The proposed project aims at studying nitrogen removal from slaughterhouse wastewater by means of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) in modified sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) systems. There will be four phases in one complete SBBR operational cycle: fill alternating aeration and mixing settle and draw. Under optimal conditions SND including autotrophic denitrification will take place in SBBR systems. In the three-year study duration one doctoral student and one masters student will carry out the study through laboratory- and pilot-scale experiments. This project will comprise four work packages: 1.the study of the performance of nitrogen removal by means of SND in laboratory-scale SBBR systems; 2.the study of mechanisms of SND in the laboratory-scale systems; 3.the study of nitrogen removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in a pilot SBBR system and 4.the documentation of design protocols on SBBR systems for nitrogen removal from slaughterhouse wastewater. |