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NO and NO2 (NOx) in the atmosphere are major pollutants which cause serious environmental problems such as acid deposition, photochemical smog, and ozone hole. Fossil fuel combustion is the main source of NOx. Biological technology is an alternative for NOx removal from flue gas due to its low cost, high efficiency, and easy operation (Barnes et al. 1995). Biofilter and biotrickling filter are the two most commonly used structures, in both of which the denitrifying bacteria are immobilized onto the packing material in the reactor and reduce the NOx to N2 (Jin et al. 2005). However, the flue gas usually contains 2–10% oxygen, which would inhibit the denitrification process and result in poor NO removal efficiency (Lee and Apel 1998; Niu et al. 2014). Herein, the unique advantages of aerobic denitrification provide a new way to solve this problem (Jiang et al. 2009).
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Zheng, M. (2019). Denitrification Characteristics and Applications of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PCN-2. In: Nitrogen Removal Characteristics of Aerobic Denitrifying Bacteria and Their Applications in Nitrogen Oxides Emission Mitigation. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2432-1_5
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