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Denitrification of a high-strength synthetic wastewater (150 g NO- 3 l-1) was carried out using a wine distillery effluent as an example of an industrial carbon source (22.7 g chemical oxygen demand l-1). Two configurations were tested: one consisted of an acidogenesis reactor followed by a denitrifying reactor and the other was a single reactor directly fed with the raw effluents. In both cases, denitrification was achieved at a nitrate load of 9.54 g NO- 3 l-1 day-1 (2.19 g N as NO- 3 l-1 day-1) with good specific reduction rates: 32.6 mg and 35.2 mg N as NO x g volatile suspended solids h-1, calculated on a single day, for the two-step and the one-step process respectively. Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium did not occur, even in the one-step process.
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Received: 26 October 1995/Received revision: 15 February 1996/Accepted: 20 February 1996
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Bernet, N., Habouzit, F. & Moletta, R. Use of an industrial effluent as a carbon source for denitrification of a high-strength wastewater. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 46, 92–97 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530050788
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530050788