TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cheenakula, Dheeraja
A1  - Paulsen, Svea
A1  - Ott, Fabian
A1  - Grömping, Markus
T1  - Operational window of a deammonifying sludge for mainstream application in a municipal wastewater treatment plant
JF  - Water and Environment Journal
N2  - The present work aimed to study the mainstream feasibility of the deammonifying sludge of side stream of municipal wastewater treatment plant (MWWTP) in Kaster, Germany. For this purpose, the deammonifying sludge available at the side stream was investigated for nitrogen (N) removal with respect to the operational factors temperature (15–30°C), pH value (6.0–8.0) and chemical oxygen demand (COD)/N ratio (≤1.5–6.0). The highest and lowest N-removal rates of 0.13 and 0.045 kg/(m³ d) are achieved at 30 and 15°C, respectively. Different conditions of pH and COD/N ratios in the SBRs of Partial nitritation/anammox (PN/A) significantly influenced both the metabolic processes and associated N-removal rates. The scientific insights gained from the current work signifies the possibility of mainstream PN/A at WWTPs. The current study forms a solid basis of operational window for the upcoming semi-technical trails to be conducted prior to the full-scale mainstream PN/A at WWTP Kaster and WWTPs globally.
KW  - Anammox
KW  - Mainstream
KW  - Nitrogen removal
KW  - Partial nitritation
KW  - Wastewater
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/wej.12898
SN  - 1747-6593
N1  - Corresponding author: Dheeraja Cheenakula
IS  - Early View
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Chichester
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hoffstadt, Kevin
A1  - Cheenakula, Dheeraja
A1  - Nikolausz, Marcell
A1  - Krafft, Simone
A1  - Harms, Hauke
A1  - Kuperjans, Isabel
T1  - Design and construction of a new reactor for flexible biomethanation of hydrogen
JF  - Fermentation
N2  - The increasing share of renewable electricity in the grid drives the need for sufficient storage capacity. Especially for seasonal storage, power-to-gas can be a promising approach. Biologically produced methane from hydrogen produced from surplus electricity can be used to substitute natural gas in the existing infrastructure. Current reactor types are not or are poorly optimized for flexible methanation. Therefore, this work proposes a new reactor type with a plug flow reactor (PFR) design. Simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics ® showed promising properties for operation in laminar flow. An experiment was conducted to support the simulation results and to determine the gas fraction of the novel reactor, which was measured to be 29%. Based on these simulations and experimental results, the reactor was constructed as a 14 m long, 50 mm diameter tube with a meandering orientation. Data processing was established, and a step experiment was performed. In addition, a kLa of 1 h−1 was determined. The results revealed that the experimental outcomes of the type of flow and gas fractions are in line with the theoretical simulation. The new design shows promising properties for flexible methanation and will be tested.
KW  - methanation
KW  - plug flow reactor
KW  - bubble column
KW  - bio-methane
KW  - power-to-gas
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fermentation9080774
SN  - 2311-5637
N1  - The article belongs to the Special Issue Fermentation Processes: Modeling, Optimization and Control
VL  - 9
IS  - 8
SP  - 1
EP  - 16
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -