Shortcut nitrogen removal, an emerging economical solution for water resource recovery facilities, refers to the biological nitrogen removal (BNR) process whereby ammonia is not converted to nitrate, but instead stops at nitrite to shortcut the conventional nitrification/denitrification process. The resulting breakthrough single-step deammonification has significant advantages compared to conventional BNR processes, including reduced energy requirements, reduced carbon requirements, and reduced chemical costs.

Shortcut Nitrogen Removal—Nitrite Shunt and Deammonification is an essential resource for facility owners and practitioners evaluating the implementation of these advancements, including guidelines for assessing the application of various technologies. 

This book will ensure that you are able to:
• understand the current research,
• identify best practices, and
• recognize how implementing these emerging processes affects permit compliance, energy recovery, carbon usage, chemical addition, and solids production. 

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and Rationale
Chapter 2: Process Fundamentals—Microbiology, Stoichiometry, Kinetics, and Inhibition
Chapter 3: Processes for Sidestream Nitrite Shunt
Chapter 4: Sidestream Deammonification
Chapter 5: Mainstream Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification and Nitrite Shunt
Chapter 6: Mainstream Deammonification
Chapter 7: Toward Energy Autarky: Carbon Redirection Coupled with Shortcut Nitrogen Processes
Chapter 8: Process Types, Flowsheets, and Design Criteria for Implementation
Chapter 9: Future Issues and Considerations of Nutrient Management in Wastewater Treatment

Shortcut Nitrogen Removal is also available as an e-book for the Apple iPad or Amazon Kindle.

Order No: P150003
Pages: 198
Publisher: Water Environment Federation
Year: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-57278-313-3

This book was prepared by the Shortcut Nitrogen Removal Task Force of the Water Environment Federation.