Course Details
Course Details
Course ID
2126
Course Name
Introduction in Biological Nutrient Removal
Contact Hours
2.0
Approved Industry
Wastewater
Partner Name
CEU Plan
Primary Contact
Bill Edgar
wwedgar@ceuplan.org
352-754-1259 Ext.
Website
Description
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to biological nutrient removal (BNR) by presenting basics and illustrating them with a couple of popular processes used for removal of BOD, nitrogen and phosphorus. In subsequent courses we will address the issue of operational control of these processes so they run at an optimum level.
Course Level
Basic thru Advanced
Course Content
In Section 1 we have identified the nitrogen species of importance; the sequence of N2 transformations and we have said that we should use a uniform method of reporting nitrogen data: (mg N/L). Thus, when we have e.g. 40 mg/L of ammonia nitrogen coming in with raw wastewater, we are reporting 40 mg N/L of NH3-N. When we oxidize ammonia completely to nitrates in the process of nitrification we will still have 40 mg N/L as NO3-N (you can also report that as 40 mg NO3-N/L). But you should not report it as 145 mg/L of nitrates. In the last section of this course, the denitrification process will be discussed. Denitrification is a heterotrophic process where bacteria use nitrate (or nitrite) as an oxygen source and must have organic carbon as a source of carbon for cell growth.
Target Audience
Wastewater operators
Training Format
Virtual Asynchronous