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Van den Brand, T.P.H. (author)The depletion of fresh water sources forces to design innovative integral solutions for the urban water cycle. Usual practice in most cities is to use drinking water to transport waste outside the city via sewer system. For toilet flushing the water quality is less important and seawater could be used as alternative to use of drinking water. Due...doctoral thesis 2014
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Daelman, M.R.J. (author)Since 1750, the year that commonly marks the start of the Industrial Revolution, the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have risen about 40 %, 150 % and 20 %, respectively, above the pre-industrial levels due to human activity (IPCC (2013) Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I...doctoral thesis 2014
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Kampschreur, M.J. (author)Nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions can be a serious threat to the environment. Rising levels of N2O in the atmosphere contribute to global warming and destruction of the ozone layer. This thesis describes an investigation on the emission of NO and N2O during nitrogen conversion processes. Emissions were measured at wastewater...doctoral thesis 2010
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Van der Star, W.R.L. (author)The anoxic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process is the conversion of nitrite and ammonium under anoxic conditions- to form dinitrogen gas. The process is performed by deep-branching Planctomycetes. The startup of the first full-scale anammox reactor in the world is described in Chapter 2. The described full scale reactor was a granular sludge...doctoral thesis 2008
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De Kreuk, M.K. (author)Most conventional wastewater treatment plants need a large surface area for the treatment of their sewage. This is due to the open structure of the biomass used to convert the polluting components in wastewater. Because of the flocculated growth, sludge concentrations in reaction tanks are low and settling times need to be long in order to keep...doctoral thesis 2006