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Biological phosphate removal processes

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Biological phosphate removal has become a reliable and well-understood process for wastewater treatment. This review describes the historical development of the process and the most important microbiological and process-engineering aspects. From a microbiological point of view, the role of␣poly(hydroxyalkanoates) as storage material in a dynamic process and the use of polyphosphate as an energy reserve are the most important findings. From a process-engineering point of view, the study of biological phosphate removal has shown that highly complex biological processes can be designed and controlled, provided that the importance of the prevailing microbiological ecological processes is recognised.

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  1. Department of Biochemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands Tel.: 31 15 2781618 Fax.: 31 15 2782355 email: Mark.vl@STM.TuDelft.NL, , , , , , NL

    M. C. M. van Loosdrecht, D. Brdjanovic & J. J. Heijnen

  2. Department of Environmental Engineering, IHE-Delft, PO Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    C. M. Hooijmans

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  1. M. C. M. van Loosdrecht
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Received: 3 April 1997 / Received revision: 9 June 1997 / Accepted: 14 June 1997

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van Loosdrecht, M., Hooijmans, C., Brdjanovic, D. et al. Biological phosphate removal processes. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 48, 289–296 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530051052

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