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Bailey, O. (author), Arnot, T. C. (author), Blokker, E. J.M. (author), Kapelan, Z. (author), Hofman, J. A.M.H. (author)Population growth and climate change put a strain on water resources; hence, there are growing initiatives to reduce water use. Reducing household water use will likely reduce sewer input. This work demonstrates the use of a stochastic sewer model to quantify the effect water conservation has on sewer hydraulics and wastewater concentration....journal article 2019
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van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Duijff, R. (author), Reinstra, Otto (author)Due to increased food production, the demand for nitrogen and phosphorus as fertilizers grows. Nitrogen-based fertilizers are produced with the Haber-Bosch process through the industrial fixation of N2 into ammonia. Through wastewater treatment, the nitrogen is finally released back to the atmosphere as N2 gas. This nitrogen cycle is...journal article 2018
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Kattenberg, Lotte (author)In today’s industry ammonia is produced on a large scale, and is used in the production of fertilisers, cleaning products and much more. Eventually the ammonia enters our wastewater, either directly or through urine. This is then removed with conventional nitrifying-denitrifying treatment or with Anammox. That process consumes energy and does...master thesis 2018
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Suresh Kumar, P. (author)Eutrophication and the resulting formation of harmful algal blooms causes huge economic and environmental damages. Phosphorus (P) has been identified as a major limiting nutrient for eutrophication. Phosphorous concentration greater than 100 µg P/L is usually considered high enough for causing eutrophication. The strictest regulations however...doctoral thesis 2018
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van der Marel, Omar (author)In order to reduce the emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses, sustainable development is gaining in importance in the recent years. This is also the case for TU Delft. The sustainable advancement requires renewable energy sources that do not require fossil fuels. The wastewater flow is currently not utilised as a renewable energy source...bachelor thesis 2018
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Bost, Vera (author)Control of wastewater treatment plants has received more attention as a method to improve nutrient removal processes. Improved nutrient removal, results in an increased effluent quality, whilst minimising the energy consumption. Aeration control of oxidation ditches often focuses on adjusting the aeration intensity based on the nitrogen removal...master thesis 2018
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Le, Quan H. (author), Verheijen, Peter J.T. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Volcke, Eveline I.P. (author)A stepwise experimental design procedure to obtain reliable data from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) was developed. The proposed procedure aims at determining sets of additional measurements (besides available ones) that guarantee the identifiability of key process variables, which means that their value can be calculated from other,...journal article 2018
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Muñoz Sierra, Julian (author), Oosterkamp, M.J. (author), Wang, W.W. (author), Spanjers, H. (author), van Lier, J.B. (author)Industrial wastewaters are becoming increasingly associated with extreme conditions such as the presence of refractory compounds and high salinity that adversely affect biomass retention or reduce biological activity. Hence, this study evaluated the impact of long-term salinity increase to 20 gNa<sup>+</sup>.L<sup>−1</sup> on the...journal article 2018
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Zahmatkesh, M. (author)In order to address the ambiguities and knowledge gaps in the HA removal by WRF, mechanisms of removal were explored in chapter 2. It was shown that the mechanisms of HA removal by WRF involves the degradation of HA to smaller molecules, conversion to FA and also biosorption of HA by fungal mycelia. Furthermore, the ability of laccase to...doctoral thesis 2018
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Mukarunyana, Brigitte (author), van de Vossenberg, Jack (author), van Lier, J.B. (author), Van Der Steen, Peter (author)Removal of nitrogen from wastewater without using electricity consuming aerators was previously observed in photo-bioreactors with a mixed algal-bacterial biomass. Algammox is the particular process based on algae, ammonium oxidizing organisms and anammox bacteria. In this research the activity of anammox bacteria in such an oxygen-producing...journal article 2018
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Cardoso Pera Eboli, Carolina (author)This thesis seeks to explore relations between Urban Metabolism’s framework and regional planning in Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area (RMBH) - Brazil, and possible solutions to promote sustainable development through a better management of resources. In order to do so, the problem field defined in this research focuses on the area’s rapid...master thesis 2018
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Wang, Zhongwei (author), Dunne, Aislinn (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Saikaly, Pascal E. (author)Saline wastewater is known to affect the performance of phosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process. However, studies comparing the effect of salinity on different PAO clades are lacking. In this study, 'Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis' Clade I and II (hereafter referred to as PAOI and...journal article 2018
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Hoekstra, M. (author), Geilvoet, Stefan P. (author), Hendrickx, Tim L.G. (author), van Erp Taalman Kip, Charlotte S. (author), Kleerebezem, R. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)The aim of this research was to study the biological feasibility of the Partial Nitritation/Anammox (PN/A) technology to remove nitrogen from municipal mainstream wastewaters. During stable process operations at summer temperatures (23.2 ± 1.3°C), the total nitrogen removal rate was 0.223 ± 0.029 kg N (m<sup>3 </sup>d)<sup>−1</sup> while at...journal article 2018
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Zhao, X. (author), Yang, Jixian (author), Ma, Fang (author)For wastewater-related issues (WRI), life cycle assessment (LCA) is often used to evaluate environmental impacts and derive optimization strategies. To promote the application of LCA for WRI, it is critical to incorporate local impact of water pollutants. Organic pollution, a main type of water pollution, has not been given much consideration...journal article 2018
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Hamilton, Kerry A. (author), Chen, Arlene (author), de-Graft Johnson, Emmanuel (author), Gitter, Anna (author), Kozak, Sonya (author), Niquice, Celma (author), Zimmer-Faust, Amity G. (author), Weir, Mark H. (author), Mitchell, Jade (author), Gurian, Patrick L. (author)The use of aquaculture is increasing to meet the growing global demand for seafood. However, the use of aquaculture for seafood production incurs potential human health risks, especially from enteric bacteria such as Salmonella spp. Salmonella spp. was the most frequently reported cause of outbreaks associated with crustaceans from 1998 to 2004....journal article 2018
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van den Brand, Tessa (author), Snip, Laura (author), Palmen, Luc (author), Weij, Paul (author), Sipma, Jan (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)The application of sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) to treat municipal wastewater is seldom considered. For instance, due to low sludge yield it can reduce the amount of excess sludge produced significantly. Several studies, mainly at laboratory-scale, revealed that SRB can proliferate in artificial wastewater systems at temperatures of 20°C...journal article 2018
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Mannina, Giorgio (author), Chandran, Kartik (author), Capodici, Marco (author), Cosenza, Alida (author), Di Trapani, Daniele (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)This study aimed at evaluating the nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from membrane bioreactors (MBRs) for wastewater treatment. The study investigated the N2O emissions considering multiple influential factors over a two-year period: (i) different MBR based process configurations; (ii) wastewater composition (municipal or industrial); (iii)...journal article 2018
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Amosov, M. V. (author), Zlatanovic, L. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)The wastewater system of Amsterdam offers an opportunity to recover phosphorus, and contribute to circular economy. However, it remains unclear where to intervene in system to maximize recovery and valorisation in a resilient and feasible way. The Design Structure Matrix method was tested to define the system architecture from Food-Water-Energy...conference paper 2018
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Suresh Kumar, P. (author), Ejerssa, Wondesen Workneh (author), Wegener, Carita Clarissa (author), Korving, Leon (author), Dugulan, A.I. (author), Temmink, Hardy (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Witkamp, G.J. (author)Phosphate is a vital nutrient for life but its discharge from wastewater effluents can lead to eutrophication. Adsorption can be used as effluent polishing step to reduce phosphate to very low concentrations. Adsorbent reusability is an important parameter to make the adsorption process economically feasible. This implies that the adsorbent...journal article 2018
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Hoekstra, M. (author)Currently wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) consume a lot of energy and surface area. While the incoming water contains chemical energy (BOD) and reusable resources which are not effectively utilized. The ideal is to develop a treatment scheme which allows for the efficient removal of pollutants while minimizing the energy input and maximizing...doctoral thesis 2017