Steve Bungay, Mott MacDonald, UK
(free)The DEMON® Process
Introduction
• DEMON is an abbreviation for deammonification
• Deammonification involves partial nitritation & anaerobic ammonia oxidation pathways to convert ammonia to nitrate and nitrogen gas
– Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) convert ammonium to nitrite
– Anammox bacteria convert the nitrite and the remaining ammonium to nitrate and nitrogen gas
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