LEVAPOR MBBR/IFAS NITRIFICATION PROCESS:

EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL AMMONIA REMOVAL

WHAT IS NITRIFICATION PROCESS: FACTORS AFFECTING NITRFICATION PROCESS:

BIOMASS WASTEWATER MATRIX
 Biomass Activity  Organic Pollutants
NH4.N Nit r NO3.N  Stability present their
ros cte
om
on r o ba  Retention within structure
as Ni t reactor  COD:N Ratio
1.5 O2
O2 NO2.N . 5  Inhibitors
0
 Salinity Ca+2,
heavy metals
Bacteria carries out nitrification process in two steps FACTORS
and each step involves different type of bacteria AFFECTING
namely, “Nitrosomonas” and “Nitrobacter” NITRIFICATION
PROCESS PROCESS PARAMETERS
ATTRIBUTES OF NITRIFYING BACTERIA • Food:Mass ratio (kg,N/kg.
 Low cell yield MLSS.day)
 Slow growth rate/regeneration time • C/N ratio
 Non flocculating or weakly flocculating morphology • pH
 Highly sensitive to environmental conditions in the • Temperature
reactor • DO levels

Achieving better nitrification with Levapor MBBR / IFAS media

 Due to high surface area and high adsorption capacity, Levapor carriers allow retention of non
flocculating nitrifying bacteria in biofilms

Advantages of Levapor MBBR / IFAS media supported nitrification process

 Faster colonization and generation of highly active biofilms resulting in higher nitrification rates.
 Higher process performance.
 Due to impregnation of activated carbon resulting in high adsorbing capacity, allows for adsorption of
toxic organic compounds thus helps counteract their toxic inhibitory eddect.
 Combined advantage of PACT and MBBR also helps faster biodegradation of toxic inhibitory
substances.
 Remarkable process stability over wide range of operating conditions.
 Fine pore structure of Levapor carriers allows for simultaneous nitrification and denitrification reducing
total nitrogen (TN) load in the treated effluent.

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