Effect of Nitrite and Nitrate Concentrations on the Performance of AFB-MFC Enriched with High-Strength Synthetic Wastewater

Table 1

The substrates’ concentration of influent and effluent.

Influent (mg/L)						Effluent (mg/L)
-N	-N	-N	TN	TN^1		-N	-N	-N	TN^#	TN^1#
1354	1700	545	3669	3599	1.91	1338	7.6	3.1	1399	1349	3.59
1362	2283	860	4595	4505	2.07	1404	14.7	3.8	1460	1422	2.54
1326	2516	927	4865	4769	2.04	1439	8.2	4.3	1471	1452	1.28
1326	2620	1053	5099	4999	1.94	1551	0.9	4.1	1582	1556	1.68
1400	2852	1178	5539	5430	2.00	1540	6.2	4.4	1585	1551	2.18

TN(TN^#) is the total nitrogen concentration of influent(effluent). TN¹(TN^1#) is the sum of ammonia nitrogen, nitrite nitrogen, and nitrate nitrogen concentration of influent(effluent). () is the deviation of TN(TN^#) and TN¹(TN^1#). () = (TN(TN^#) − TN¹(TN^1#))/TN(TN^#) 100.