This work describes the performance and microbial diversity in a sequencing batch reactor of a decentralized full-scale system for urban wastewater treatment under limited aeration. The removal efficiency was: 83% for soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), 60% for N-NH4(+), 70% for total suspended solids (TSS) and 80% for volatile suspended solids (VSS). The biomass concentration had a maximum value around 8.7gVSSL(-1) for organic load rate of 0.6gCODL(-1)d(-1). The food/microorganism ratios showed average of 0.2gCOD/gVSSd. The sludge bacterial flocs were formed an irregular arrangement with organisms attached such as Euglypha sp. and pedunculate ciliates. It was observed the presence of Bacteria domains including Nitrosomonas spp., Nitrobacter spp., Nitrospira and C. "Accumulibacter" cluster. The DPAO activity was 70%. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis showed changes in ribotype number over biological treatment time among the groups observed being some are linked to nutrient removal. The reactor showed viability to treat domestic wastewater.
The treatment performance and nitrogen mass balance of a pilot-scale landfill leachate treatment system was evaluated. The system was comprised of a series of three ponds and a rock filter and was fed a continuous flow (200 L d(-1)) during 111 weeks. Three different operational conditions were investigated: conventional operation (stage I), aeration (stage II) and aeration/recirculation (stage III). The system was able to treat landfill leachate with soluble chemical oxygen demand and ammonia removal between 35-82% and 75-99%, respectively, and the highest removal occurred during the recirculation stage. The nitrogen balance was calculated using total nitrogen applied load and the main transformation processes within the ponds. The main form of nitrogen transformation/removal was by dead/inert algae settle (64-79%), followed by volatilization (12-27%) and algae assimilation (1-6%). Nitrification/denitrification occurred in only stage II. Analyses of the phytoplankton community showed that the Chlamydomonas genera were dominant in the photosynthetic ponds.
A novel design of an ultrawideband antenna is proposed. The antenna is an optimization of the circular monopole patch antenna with a type split ring resonator (SRR) that is inserted underneath a circular radiating patch at the opposite side of the dielectric substrate. The SRR structure will work as a band stop filter for notching a frequency band between 5.3 and 5.8 GHz. A good agreement was observed between the simulated and measured results.
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