Research Article

Factors Influencing Nitrogen Removal in a Decentralized Sewage Treatment Reactor

Table 1

Nitrogen removal in a DSTR at different surface loads.

Surface load (m3/(m2·h))TN (mg/L) N H 4 + -N (mg/L) Effluent N O 3 -N (mg/L)
InfluentEffluentInfluentEffluent

1 . 1 1 ± 0 . 1 3 4 9 . 5 5 ± 2 . 6 5 3 2 . 6 0 ± 1 . 7 3 4 1 . 2 6 ± 4 . 6 4 3 . 6 8 ± 1 . 7 6 2 8 . 1 9 ± 0 . 4 7
1 . 5 6 ± 0 . 1 3 4 0 . 5 7 ± 1 . 5 0 3 3 . 2 7 ± 1 . 7 0 3 5 . 8 0 ± 2 . 8 8 4 . 3 3 ± 2 . 4 1 2 8 . 0 7 ± 0 . 4 6
1 . 8 9 ± 0 . 0 5 4 1 . 0 4 ± 8 . 8 7 3 6 . 1 1 ± 8 . 8 3 3 4 . 6 4 ± 5 . 8 1 1 0 . 0 7 ± 6 . 1 8 2 2 . 7 5 ± 3 . 5 7