The purpose of this project was to determine alternative carbon sources for biological denitrification at Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District (UBWPAD). Carbon sources tested consisted of various wastes: Micro-C, beverage waste, unrefined biodiesel production waste, sugar production waste, Dow Chemical waste, Elite Chemical waste, and deicer fluid. The carbon sources were evaluated for their denitrification rate in a kinetic reactor tests; those reaching 70% or more in denitrification extent were subjected for final testing. A design for the addition of the alternative carbon sources to the denitrification process was developed for UBWPAD.

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Creator

• Reinertsen, Hannah Bridget
• Filippone, Mikayla Rose
• Ouellette, Kelsey Donnel
• Clark, Deanna Elisabeth

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042516-130807

Advisor

• Kmiotek, Stephen J.
• Bates, Wayne Edward
• Bergendahl, John Andrew

Year

• 2016

Sponsor

• UBWPAD

Date created

• 2016-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright