IP Library Granted Patent US 7,267,764
Granted Patent B2
US 7,267,764 · App. 11/416,109 · Granted Sep 11, 2007

Apparatus for removing nitrogen

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Patent No.
US 7,267,764
App. No.
11/416,109
Granted
Sep 11, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for removing nitrogen is provided herein. In the apparatus, the nitrogen is removed from wastewater containing a BOD component and ammonium nitrogen by anaerobic ammonium oxidation. The apparatus includes a distributor, which distributes the wastewater into two portions; a nitrification vessel which connects to a first portion of said two portions, in which ammonia contained in wastewater distributed to the first portion is nitrified by ammonium oxidizing bacteria; a denitrification vessel which connects to a second portion of said two portions, in which wastewater distributed to the second portion is denitrified by denitrification bacteria; an anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel, in which mixed water of first treated water from the nitrification vessel and second treated water from the denitrification vessel is subjected to anaerobic ammonium oxidation by ammonium oxidizing bacteria; and a returning line which feeds back a third treated water from the anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel to the denitrification vessel for denitrification and BOD decomposition.

Claims (13)

1. An apparatus for removing nitrogen, in which the nitrogen is removed from wastewater containing a BOD component and ammonium nitrogen by anaerobic ammonium oxidation, comprising:

a distributor, which distributes the wastewater into two portions;

a nitrification vessel which connects to a first portion of said two portions, in which ammonia contained in wastewater distributed to the first portion is nitrified by ammonium oxidizing bacteria;

a denitrification vessel which connects to a second portion of said two portions, in which wastewater distributed to the second portion is denitrified by denitrification bacteria;

an anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel, in which mixed water of first treated water from the nitrification vessel and second treated water from the denitrification vessel is subjected to anaerobic ammonium oxidation by ammonium oxidizing bacteria; and

a returning line which feeds back a third treated water from the anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel to the denitrification vessel for denitrification and BOD decomposition.

2. The apparatus for removing nitrogen according to claim 1 , further comprising: a BOD oxidation vessel between the distributor and the nitrification vessel.

3. The apparatus for removing nitrogen according to claim 1 , further comprising: a mixing device which mixes the first treated water and the second treated water and is provided upstream of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel.

4. The apparatus for removing nitrogen according to claim 2 , further comprising: a mixing device which mixes the first treated water and the second treated water and is provided upstream of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel.

5. The apparatus for removing nitrogen according to claim 1 , further comprising: a feedback line which feeds back the third treated water to an inlet of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel.

6. The apparatus for removing nitrogen according to claim 2 , further comprising: a feedback line which feeds back the third treated water to an inlet of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel.

7. The apparatus for removing nitrogen according to claim 3 , further comprising: a feedback line which feeds back the third treated water to an inlet of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel.

8. The apparatus for removing nitrogen according to claim 4 , further comprising: a feedback line which feeds back the third treated water to an inlet of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 4, 2014
From: HITACHI PLANT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032384/0877 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2007
From: HITACHI PLANT ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI PLANT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019714/0076 →