Abstract:
Three emitted gaseous nitrogen compounds were traced, when high strength ammonia containing wastewater was treated in a sealed intermittent reactor by Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification (SND) process. The emitted NO
2 amount was less than background value of the laboratory. NO
2 was therefore neglected. However, emitted NO and N
2O were more than 10 times of the background. Less N
2O was emitted under low DO and high pH condition. Under different DO mass concentration conditions, it was obtained by diagrammatic integral method that about 0.58% and 6.53% of total lost nitrogen was emitted as NO and N
2O, respectively(DO mass concentration is 1.5~3.0 mg/L), and 0.48% and 39.34% of total lost nitrogen was emitted as NO and N
2O, respectively (DO mass concentration is 2.5~4.0 mg/L). Moreover, the available means to control N
2O emission was discussed.