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Title: Proposal for optimizing a biological treatment system for denitrification of Y-12 waste stream. Final report, March 16, 1987--September 15, 1987

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10186350· OSTI ID:10186350

Over the past 6 months quite a bit of information was gathered on the denitrification of plating rinse waste by microorganisms present in Y-12 process tanks. Work efforts under the contract assigned to us by Martin Marietta Y-12 engineers was perceived by Oak Ridge Research Institute (ORRI) as being a successful undertaking, completed on time as targeted by three milestone progress reports and a final summary report. The following suggestions were made for improving their rates of denitrification in their waste stream process tanks: (1) Substitute succinate for acetate as C-source. (2) Temperature controls on the process tanks to maintain them at 35--39C; and (3) Three-stage seed of their dentrification process.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Research Inst., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-86OR21607
OSTI ID:
10186350
Report Number(s):
DOE/OR/21607-T2; ON: DE94000855; BR: 820200000
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1987]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English