DENITRIFICATION

A Project For Environmental Systems Engineering

By David Dorian, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Last Updated: December 5, 1995

• What this web site is about
• The ecological balance of nitrogen in the environment
• A schematic of the nitrogen cycle
• Denitrification as a unit operation
• Denitrification in the Bardenpho processes and modern oxidation ditches
• A simple quiz
• A policy question for further thought
• Annotated bibliography