Table 2.
Performance of MABR 1 and 2 as average (25th – 75th percentile) and maximum surface specific nitrogen removal rates during both operation phases.
| NH4–N removal |
TN removal |
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| Average |
Maximum |
Average |
Maximum |
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| g–NH4-Nm−2 d−1 | % | g–NH4-Nm−2 d−1 | % | g-Nm−2 d−1 | % | g-Nm−2 d−1 | % | ||
| MABR 1 | Phase 1 | 2.3–3.6 | 74–93 | 5.1 | 99.8 | 0.4–1.4 | 11–31 | 3.7 | 70.4 |
| Phase 2 | 1.5–1.8 | 78–89 | 2.3 | 99.6 | 1.4–1.8 | 54–87 | 2.5 | 96.9 | |
| MABR 2 | Phase 1 | 2.8–4.2 | 80–95 | 5.0 | 98.5 | 0.3–1.5 | 8–30 | 3.7 | 70.7 |
| Phase 2 | 0.5–1.8 | 21–92 | 2.5 | 96.4 | 0.2–1.0 | 10–55 | 2.5 | 96.2 | |