Experimental Verification of Nitric Oxide as the Novel Indicator for Nitrous Oxide Emission Control in Biological Wastewater Treatment

Nitrous oxide (N2O), known to be the highly greenhouse effect gas, is emitted from the biological wastewater treatment process. However, microbial control methods to reduce N2O emission have not been established. Therefore, in this study, we focused on nitric oxide (NO) which is a precursor of N2O p...

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Main Authors: Daichi Fujii, Haruya Sugiyama, Toshiaki Saito
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Published: Japan Society on Water Environment 2025-01-01
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Online Access: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jwet/23/2/23_24-083/_pdf
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description Nitrous oxide (N2O), known to be the highly greenhouse effect gas, is emitted from the biological wastewater treatment process. However, microbial control methods to reduce N2O emission have not been established. Therefore, in this study, we focused on nitric oxide (NO) which is a precursor of N2O produced by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), to clarify the mechanisms of N2O production by AOB and to experimentally verify the effectiveness of NO as a novel engineering indicator for reducing N2O production. We verified the emission characteristics and interrelationships of NO and N2O during the ammonia oxidation process using nitrifying bacteria cultivated in the laboratory-scale batch reactor. The results indicated that N2O production by AOB can be predicted by observing NO emissions. It was also confirmed that AOB regulates the supply and demand of NO by themselves depending on the amount of ammonia oxidation, and produce N2O as the way to decompose excess NO. Furthermore, we tested the applicability of our new findings to the full-scale wastewater treatment plant and experimentally demonstrated the possibility of reducing N2O production by controlling NO concentration or chemical NO removal, even in a highly diverse microbial community that includes denitrifying bacteria.
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spelling doaj-art-853184a807e94a6f8e400a579c17a2cd2025-08-20T03:10:57ZengJapan Society on Water EnvironmentJournal of Water and Environment Technology1348-21652025-01-0123212013110.2965/jwet.24-08310.2965/jwet.24-083Experimental Verification of Nitric Oxide as the Novel Indicator for Nitrous Oxide Emission Control in Biological Wastewater TreatmentDaichi Fujii0Haruya Sugiyama1Toshiaki Saito2 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan Nitrous oxide (N2O), known to be the highly greenhouse effect gas, is emitted from the biological wastewater treatment process. However, microbial control methods to reduce N2O emission have not been established. Therefore, in this study, we focused on nitric oxide (NO) which is a precursor of N2O produced by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), to clarify the mechanisms of N2O production by AOB and to experimentally verify the effectiveness of NO as a novel engineering indicator for reducing N2O production. We verified the emission characteristics and interrelationships of NO and N2O during the ammonia oxidation process using nitrifying bacteria cultivated in the laboratory-scale batch reactor. The results indicated that N2O production by AOB can be predicted by observing NO emissions. It was also confirmed that AOB regulates the supply and demand of NO by themselves depending on the amount of ammonia oxidation, and produce N2O as the way to decompose excess NO. Furthermore, we tested the applicability of our new findings to the full-scale wastewater treatment plant and experimentally demonstrated the possibility of reducing N2O production by controlling NO concentration or chemical NO removal, even in a highly diverse microbial community that includes denitrifying bacteria. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jwet/23/2/23_24-083/_pdf nitrous oxidenitric oxidenitric oxide scavengerwastewater treatment planton-site syringe experiment
spellingShingle Daichi Fujii
Haruya Sugiyama
Toshiaki Saito
Experimental Verification of Nitric Oxide as the Novel Indicator for Nitrous Oxide Emission Control in Biological Wastewater Treatment
Journal of Water and Environment Technology
nitrous oxide
nitric oxide
nitric oxide scavenger
wastewater treatment plant
on-site syringe experiment
title Experimental Verification of Nitric Oxide as the Novel Indicator for Nitrous Oxide Emission Control in Biological Wastewater Treatment
title_full Experimental Verification of Nitric Oxide as the Novel Indicator for Nitrous Oxide Emission Control in Biological Wastewater Treatment
title_fullStr Experimental Verification of Nitric Oxide as the Novel Indicator for Nitrous Oxide Emission Control in Biological Wastewater Treatment
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Verification of Nitric Oxide as the Novel Indicator for Nitrous Oxide Emission Control in Biological Wastewater Treatment
title_short Experimental Verification of Nitric Oxide as the Novel Indicator for Nitrous Oxide Emission Control in Biological Wastewater Treatment
title_sort experimental verification of nitric oxide as the novel indicator for nitrous oxide emission control in biological wastewater treatment
topic nitrous oxide
nitric oxide
nitric oxide scavenger
wastewater treatment plant
on-site syringe experiment
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jwet/23/2/23_24-083/_pdf
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