Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210502

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0210502

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Nitrogen Removal in Wastewater Treatment Using the Nitrite Pathway. Nitrogen removal from our wastewater is becoming very important in most parts of Australia to protect our unique aquatic environment. This removal is achieved biologically through two steps: Nitrification converts ammonium via nitrite to nitrate; and denitrification converts nitrate via nitrite again to harmless nitrogen gas. This project aims to develop a method that allows this process to go just via nitrite, instead of nitrate, to nitrogen gas. This would significantly reduce oxygen and/or carbon requirement in nitrogen removal. If successful, the new operating method will allow modern wastewater treatment plants to achieve a better effluent quality at lower costs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 30-09-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $248,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Engineering | Environmental Technologies |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Land and water management

Other Keywords

Environmental Engineering | Environmental Technologies | Land and water management | Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species)

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