Publications by authors named "Niema Afroze"

In order to develop a promising means of achieving mainstream short-cut nitrification, this study evaluated the effect of thermal shock on nitrite accumulation using intermittent offline and continuous inline heat treatment of biomass in sequencing batch reactors (SBRs). The SBRs fed with municipal wastewater were operated at a solid retention time of 7 days and nitrogen loading rate of 0.04 gN/L·d to 0.

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Trace elements (TE), as micronutrients for microorganisms, have a significant impact on the stability of anaerobic digestion (AD). Studies have been conducted on process stability and performance of the AD of food waste (FW) by supplementing TEs. In this study, mesophilic batch biomethane potential (BMP) tests using FW were conducted to investigate the effect of TEs (Fe, Ni, Co, Se, and Mo) as single and mixed ions.

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The removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) at concentrations of 960 ± 38 to 2400 ± 96 mg/L, 143 ± 9 to 235 ± 15 mg/L and 25 ± 2 to 57 ± 4 mg/L, respectively, from the separated liquid phase of hog manure by the multi-zone BioCAST technology is discussed. Despite the inhibitory effect of hog waste toward microbial activities, removal efficiencies up to 89.2% for COD, 69.

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