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Article: A commercial debut for a new process that removes phosphates and nitrogen from wastewater.(Chementator)(Brief article)
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- Chemical Engineering
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- July 1, 2007
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Paques B.V. (Balk, Netherlands; edlinks.che.com/6897-535) has developed a cost-effective biological process (flowsheet) for removing phosphates and nitrogen from wastewater. The first commercial installation to use the new process officially opened last month at Aviko (Steenseren, Netherlands), where it is treating 3,000 [m.sup.3]/d of wastewater from potato processing. The plant is owned and operated by Waterstromen B.V. (Lochem; Netherlands).
Since the early 1980s, wastewater from the potato processing plant has been treated in a UASB (upflow anaerobic sludge blanket) reactor, whereby more than 85% of the organic contaminant is converted into biogas (methane ...