A presente pesquisa objetivou estudar a remoção dos poluentes presentes em uma água residuária de coqueria, através do processo biológico de nitritação/desnitritação operando um reator de lodo ativado em bateladas seqüenciais em duas etapas sucessivas. Durante a primeira, o reator foi alimentado com um efluente sintético composto por dois poluentes abundantes em despejos de coqueria: nitrogênio amoniacal (500 mg N/L) e fenol (1.000 mg C6H5OH/L). Na segunda, o reator foi alimentado com o despejo gerado na unidade de coqueria de uma indústria siderúrgica integrada. Ao longo da primeira etapa, ao final da fase aeróbia dos 28 ciclos de tratamento, foi possível alcançar eficiências de remoção de N-NH3 superiores a 90% com predominância do N-NO2 - na massa líquida do reator evidenciado pelas relações N-NO2 -/ (N-NO2 - + N-NO3 -) superiores a 86%. O principal mecanismo de inibição das bactérias oxidantes de nitrito (BON) foram concentrações de amônia livre no conteúdo do reator entre 3,2 e 19,5 mg NH3/L. As taxas específicas de nitritação variaram entre 0,03 e 0,11 kg N-NH3/ kg SSV.dia, para temperaturas no conteúdo do reator entre 15 e 34°C. Durante a fase anóxica, o fenol mostrou-se adequado como fonte de carbono para a biomassa desnitritante, desde que as taxas de aplicação volumétricas fossem inferiores a 0,02 kg fenol/m³.hora. Respeitando essa condição, foi possível alcançar: eficiências de remoção de fenol entre 45 e 56%; taxas específicas de remoção de fenol entre 0,03 e 0,09 kg C6H5OH / kg SSV.dia; taxas específicas de desnitritação entre 0,03 e 0,06 kg N-NO2 -/ kg SSV.dia e eficiências de remoção de (N-NO2 - + N-NO3 -) superiores a 95%. Ao longo da fase anóxica foram retiradas amostras do conteúdo do reator para a realização de análises de nitrofenóis (NF). Os resultados acusaram a presença de 2 nitrofenol e 4 nitrofenol em concentrações proporcionais à taxa de aplicação volumétrica do fenol na massa líquida do reator. A presença desses compostos em concentrações inferiores a 0,5 mg/L não causou impacto sobre a desnitritação biológica. As análises realizadas em amostras coletadas ao final da reação anóxica, não acusaram a presença de 2 e 4 NF, demonstrando que esses compostos podem ser biodegradados por uma biomassa bem adaptada ao fenol. A concepção do sistema para tratamento da água residuária de coqueria via nitritação/desnitritação envolveu a operação de dois reatores (principal e reator de polimento) operados em bateladas seqüenciais. As condições de operação do reator principal eram manipuladas para viabilizar o acúmulo de NNO2 - ao final da fase aeróbia e promover a desnitritação durante a fase anóxica, utilizando como fonte de carbono a própria matéria orgânica presente no despejo. Como o sobrenadante do reator principal apresentava concentrações elevadas de N-NO2 -, esse efluente era aplicado no reator de polimento, juntamente com etanol como fonte de carbono para redução do NNO2 -. Ao final da fase aeróbia dos ciclos de tratamento conduzidos no reator principal alcançaram-se: relações NO2 -/ (N-NO2 - + N-NO3 -) superiores a 88%; eficiências de remoções de nitrogênio total superiores a 60%; remoções de N-NH3 superiores a 90%, para valores de pH na massa líquida do reator entre 7,8 e 8,5 e, temperatura entre 23 e 31°C. Tal qual ocorrido durante a primeira etapa da investigação, o principal mecanismo de inibição da atividade das bactérias oxidantes de nitrito foi a toxicidade conferida pelas concentrações de amônia livre (3,7 a 15,7 mg NH3/L) no conteúdo do reator. Durante a fase anóxica, as eficiências de remoção de (N-NO2 - foram limitadas pela disponibilidade de matéria orgânica biodegradável no despejo da coqueria, razões DBO/DQOafluente superiores a 80% resultaram em remoções de N-NO2 - próximas de 100%. Quanto ao reator de polimento, pode-se afirmar que o etanol teve um efeito positivo sobre a remoção de matéria orgânica da água residuária da coqueria, considerando a configuração (dois lodos) utilizada. / The present research aimed to study the coke-oven wastewater treatment over nitritation/denitritation in an activated sludge sequencing batch reactor in two successive phases. During the first one, the reactor was fed with a synthetic effluent composed by two abundant pollutants present in coke-oven wastewaters: total ammonia nitrogen (500 mg TAN.l-1) and phenol (1,000 mg C6H5OH.l-1). During the second phase, the reactor was fed with the wastewater produced in an integrated steel industrys coke-plant. The results of the first phase (28 cycles) showed that was possible to achieve TAN removal efficiencies higher than 90% with NO2 --N predominance in the reactor content, evidenced by the rates NO2 --N/ (NO2 --N + NO3 --N) higher than 86%. The main mechanism of the nitrite oxidizer bacteria (NOB) inhibition was free ammonia concentrations between 3.2 and 19.5 mg NH3.l-1. The specific nitritation rates varied between 0.03 and 0.11 kg TAN. kg VSS-1.d-1, for temperatures between 15 and 34oC. Phenol showed to be suitable as carbon source for denitrifying biomass, once the volumetric application rates were lower than 0.02 kg phenol.m-3.h-1. Obeying this condition, it was possible to achieve: phenol removal efficiencies between 45 and 56%; specific phenol removal rates between 0.03 and 0.09 kg C6H5OH. kg VSS-1.d-1; specific denitritation rates between 0.03 and 0.06 kg NO2 --N . kg VSS-1.d-1 and removal efficiencies of (NO2 --N + NO3 --N) higher than 95%. During the anoxic phase, samples were collected from the reactor content for nitrophenols analyses. The results showed the presence of 2- nitrophenol (2-NP) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) in concentrations proportional to phenol volumetric application rate in the reactor liquid mass. The presence of those compounds in concentrations lower than 0.5 mg/L does not cause impact over the biological denitritation. The analyses accomplished in samples collected at the end of the anoxic reaction do not show the presence of 2 and 4-NP, demonstrating that these compounds can be biodegraded by a well-adapted biomass. The arrangement of the system for the treatment of coke-oven wastewater (Phase 02) over nitritation/denitritation involved the operation of two sequencing batch reactors (the main reactor and the polishing one). The operational conditions of the main reactor were manipulated to make feasible the NO2 --N accumulation at the end of the aerobic stage and promote the denitritation using the own organic matter present in the cokeoven wastewater as carbon source. As the supernatant of the main reactor presented high nitrite concentrations, this effluent was conducted to a biological denitrifying polishing reactor with ethanol as carbon source. At the end of the aerobic stage of the treatment cycles conducted in the main reactor, it was achieved: NO2 --N/ (NO2 --N + NO3 --N) higher than 88%; total nitrogen removal efficiencies higher than 60%; ammonia nitrogen removal higher than 90%. As occurred during the first phase of the investigation, the main NOB activity inhibition was the toxicity of the free ammonia concentrations (3.7 to 15.7 mg NH3.l-1) in the reactor content. At the end of anoxic stage, the NO2 --N removal efficiencies were limited by the availability of the biodegradable organic matter in the coke-oven wastewater but BOD/CODinfluent higher than 80% resulted in NO2 --N removals next to 100%. Regarding to the polishing reactor, it can be stated that the ethanol had a positive effect over the organic matter removal of the coke-oven wastewater.

Metais são bastante usados como materiais implantáveis, principalmente para dispositivos feitos na área de ortopedia. Há uma constante relação dos processos de corrosão nesse biomateriais com a agressividade do meio fisiológico. Usando quatro tipo de metais e ligas metálicas – titânio puro, liga de titânio, aço inoxidável de baixo carbono e liga de cobalto – o processo de corrosão foi estudado. Além disso, o desempenho desses materiais revestidos com nitreto de titânio foi avaliado. Dois processos de revestimento por PVD – evaporação e magnetron sputtering – foram executados, verificando a eficiência desses materiais em meio fisiológico - O melhor comportamento se deu para o revestimento obtido por evaporação. O mecanismo de corrosão predominante para as amostras foi indicado. / Metals are very much used as implantable materials mainly for the construction of devices orthopaedic area. There is a constant concern about the corrosion process in those metallic biomaterials due to the aggressiveness of the physiological environment. By using four types of metals and metallic alloys – pure titanium, titanium alloy, low carbon stainless steel and cobalt-chromium alloy – the corrosion process in physiologic environment has been studied. Also, the performance of such materials coated with titanium nitrate was evaluated. Two PVD coating methods – evaporation and magnetron sputtering – were performed, and the efficiency of those materials in physiologic medium was verified. The best behaviour was found by the evaporation coating method. The predominant corrosion mechanism for coated samples was suggested.

O nitrito pode ser reduzido a NO de forma dependente do pH ácido do estômago ou por enzimas com atividade nitrito-redutase. O tratamento com omeprazol, previne parte dos efeitos anti-hipertensivos do nitrito administrado por via oral por aumentar o pH gástrico. Contudo, nenhum estudo até o momento avaliou se, assim como o omeprazol, a ranitidina também é capaz de atenuar os efeitos anti-hipertensivos do nitrito de sódio por aumentar o pH gástrico. Nesse estudo, examinamos se a administração oral de ranitidina poderia prejudicar os efeitos anti-hipertensivos do nitrito de sódio administrados por via oral, por interferir na formação de NO e espécies nitrosiladas a partir do nitrito. A fim de verificar a influência da ranitidina no efeito hipotensor do nitrito de sódio, utilizamos animais tratados agudamente com LNAME pré-tratados com ranitidina, omeprazol e veículo e, posteriormente, com nitrito de sódio 15mg/kg. Como esperado, o tratamento com L-NAME resultou em aumento na pressão arterial média (PAM). O pH gástrico foi diferente entre os grupos, tendo um aumento no pH dos animais tratados com ranitidina e omeprazol, quando comparado ao veículo, e os tampões tinham o mesmo pH do veículo e das drogas. O nitrito de sódio exerceu efeitos anti-hipertensivos significativos nos grupos estudados. No entanto, foram observadas menores diminuições na PAM em ratos tratados com omeprazol e ranitidina em comparação aos ratos que receberam veículo. Esses achados foram associados a diminuições nas concentrações gástricas de NO e diminuições nos níveis plasmáticos de espécies nitrosiladas. Além disso, houve aumento nas concentrações de nitrito no estômago. Não foram observadas diferenças nas concentrações de nitrito no plasma. Além disso, não foram observadas diferenças nos níveis de NOx no plasma e estômago entre os grupos do estudo. Os animais tratados com tampão apresentaram resultados similares aos tratados com as drogas. Nossos resultados sugerem que a ranitidina, ao aumentar o pH gástrico, afeta as respostas anti-hipertensivas ao nitrito de sódio oral por diminuir a formação de NO e espécies nitrosiladas. Este fato é reforçado pelo aumento do nitrito no estômago, sugerindo uma diminuição na conversão de nitrito a NO e espécies nitrosiladas no ambiente gástrico. / Nitrite can be reduced to NO depending on acidic pH of the stomach or by enzymes with nitrite reductase activity. Treatment with omeprazole attenuates the antihypertensive effects of oral nitrite by increasing of gastric pH. However, studies are still necessary to further evaluate wheter ranitidine is also able to attenuate the antihypertensive effects of sodium nitrite by increasing gastric pH. In this study, we examined whether oral administration of ranitidine could impair oral antihypertensive effects of sodium nitrite by interfering with the formation of NO and nitrosylated species from nitrite. In order to analyze the influence of ranitidine under hypotensive effect of sodium nitrite, rats were treated with L-NAME and pretreated with ranitidine, omeprazole, vehicle or buffer, subsequently all the groups were treated with sodium nitrite 15 mg/kg. The L-NAME treatment increase mean arterial pressure (MAP). The gastric pH was different among the groups, there was an increased in rats gastric pH treated with ranitidine and omeprazole compared to the vehicle. The buffer group had the same pH of vehicle and drugs treatment. Sodium nitrite exerted significant antihypertensive effects in the groups studied. However, lesser decreases in MAP were observed in rats treated with omeprazole and ranitidine compared to rats that received vehicle. These findings were associated with a lower NO gastric concentrations as well as nitrosylated species plasma levels. In addition, there was an increased in nitrite concentrations in the stomach. No differences were observed in plasma nitrite levels. Moreover, there was not any significant difference in plasma and stomach NOx levels among the studied groups. The rats treated with buffer showed similar results to those treated with the drugs. Together these data demonstrated that ranitidine, through increased gastric pH, affects antihypertensive responses to oral sodium nitrite by reducing the formation of NO and nitrosylated species. This fact is reinforced by higher levels in nitrite concentrations in the stomach, thereby it suggests a lower conversion of nitrite to NO and nitrosylated species in the gastric environment.

O NO regula diversos sistemas orgânicos. No sistema cardiovascular participa ativamente na regulação do tônus vascular entre outras funções. Disfunções na produção ou disponibilidade de NO podem comprometer sua atuação fisiológica. No âmbito vascular isto pode participar da hipertensão. Além da produção de NO pelas óxido nítrico sintases, outras vias paralela de produção fisiológica de NO a partir do nitrito tem sido descritas. O nitrito é o produto inicial da oxidação do NO, sendo posteriormente oxidado a nitrato. Sabe-se que estas três moléculas formam um ciclo dentro do organismo, onde o nitrato é excretado na saliva e convertido a nitrito pelas bactérias bucais.Este nitrito é deglutido com a saliva e exerce seus efeitos, através da conversão a NO. A conversão de nitrito a NO pode ocorrer de forma enzimática ou não enzimática. Como forma não enzimática, o nitrito é convertido a NO pela reação com H+. Esta redução ocorre principalmente no estômago. Esta tese visa elucidar possíveis mecanismos responsáveis pelos efeitos anti-hipertensivos do nitrito de sódio. Avaliamos ratos 2 rins 1 clipe (2R1C) tratados com nitrito e nitrato e verificamos os efeitos anti-hipertensivo destes. De forma Interessante, o aumento do pH gástrico com omeprazol impediu o efeito anti-hipertensivo tanto do nitrito quanto do nitrato. O omeprazol não gerou qualquer diferença na concentração plasmática de nitrito e nitrato. Foi verificado que o tratamento com nitrito e nitrato resultou em aumento das espécies nitrosiladas no plasma e este aumento foi impedido pelo omeprazol. Também testamos a influência do ciclo entero-salivar no efeito do nitrito e nitrato. Verificamos que o tratamento com enxaguante bucal levou ao bloqueio do efeito anti-hipertensivo do nitrato, mas não alterou este efeito nos animais tratados com nitrito. Em todas as abordagens experimentais o efeito anti-hipertensivo do nitrito apenas ocorreu quando houve aumento da concentração plasmática de espécies nitrosiladas. / Nitric Oxide plays many functional roles in physiological systems. In the cardiovascular system it participates in a unique way in the regulation of vascular tone among other functions. Dysfunctions in the production or availability of NO may compromise their physiological activity and participate in hypertension. Besides the production of NO by the nitric oxide synthase, other physiological pathways of NO production from nitrite have been described. The nitrite and nitrate are oxidation products of NO. Further nitrite is oxidized to nitrate. These three molecules are known to forma cycle in the body. Nitrate is excreted in saliva and reduced to nitrite by oral bacteria. Nitrite then is swallowed with the saliva and exerts its effects through conversion to NO. The conversion of nitrite to NO may occur by enzymatic or non-enzymatic manner. As a non-enzymatic way nitrite is reduced to NO by reaction with H+.This reaction occurs mainly in the stomach. This thesis aims to elucidate possible mechanisms responsible for the antihypertensive effects of sodium nitrite. We studied 2K1C rats treated with nitrite and nitrate and checked anti-hypertensive effects of these molecules. The increased gastric pH by omeprazole prevented the anti-hypertensive effect of nitrite and nitrate. Omeprazole did not cause any differences in plasma nitrite and nitrate. It was found that treatment with nitrite and nitrate resulted inincreased nitrosylated species in the plasma, and this increase was blocked by omeprazole. We also tested the influence of the entero-salivarycycle effect of nitrite and nitrate. We found that treatment with mouthwash blunted the antihypertensive effect of nitrate but this effect did not change in animals treated with nitrite. Interestingly in all experimental approaches the anti-hypertensive effect of nitrite only occurred when there was an increase in the plasma concentration of nitrosylated species

O NO regula diversos sistemas orgânicos. No sistema cardiovascular participa ativamente na regulação do tônus vascular entre outras funções. Disfunções na produção ou disponibilidade de NO podem comprometer sua atuação fisiológica. No âmbito vascular isto pode participar da hipertensão. Além da produção de NO pelas óxido nítrico sintases, outras vias paralela de produção fisiológica de NO a partir do nitrito tem sido descritas. O nitrito é o produto inicial da oxidação do NO, sendo posteriormente oxidado a nitrato. Sabe-se que estas três moléculas formam um ciclo dentro do organismo, onde o nitrato é excretado na saliva e convertido a nitrito pelas bactérias bucais.Este nitrito é deglutido com a saliva e exerce seus efeitos, através da conversão a NO. A conversão de nitrito a NO pode ocorrer de forma enzimática ou não enzimática. Como forma não enzimática, o nitrito é convertido a NO pela reação com H+. Esta redução ocorre principalmente no estômago. Esta tese visa elucidar possíveis mecanismos responsáveis pelos efeitos anti-hipertensivos do nitrito de sódio. Avaliamos ratos 2 rins 1 clipe (2R1C) tratados com nitrito e nitrato e verificamos os efeitos anti-hipertensivo destes. De forma Interessante, o aumento do pH gástrico com omeprazol impediu o efeito anti-hipertensivo tanto do nitrito quanto do nitrato. O omeprazol não gerou qualquer diferença na concentração plasmática de nitrito e nitrato. Foi verificado que o tratamento com nitrito e nitrato resultou em aumento das espécies nitrosiladas no plasma e este aumento foi impedido pelo omeprazol. Também testamos a influência do ciclo entero-salivar no efeito do nitrito e nitrato. Verificamos que o tratamento com enxaguante bucal levou ao bloqueio do efeito anti-hipertensivo do nitrato, mas não alterou este efeito nos animais tratados com nitrito. Em todas as abordagens experimentais o efeito anti-hipertensivo do nitrito apenas ocorreu quando houve aumento da concentração plasmática de espécies nitrosiladas. / Nitric Oxide plays many functional roles in physiological systems. In the cardiovascular system it participates in a unique way in the regulation of vascular tone among other functions. Dysfunctions in the production or availability of NO may compromise their physiological activity and participate in hypertension. Besides the production of NO by the nitric oxide synthase, other physiological pathways of NO production from nitrite have been described. The nitrite and nitrate are oxidation products of NO. Further nitrite is oxidized to nitrate. These three molecules are known to forma cycle in the body. Nitrate is excreted in saliva and reduced to nitrite by oral bacteria. Nitrite then is swallowed with the saliva and exerts its effects through conversion to NO. The conversion of nitrite to NO may occur by enzymatic or non-enzymatic manner. As a non-enzymatic way nitrite is reduced to NO by reaction with H+.This reaction occurs mainly in the stomach. This thesis aims to elucidate possible mechanisms responsible for the antihypertensive effects of sodium nitrite. We studied 2K1C rats treated with nitrite and nitrate and checked anti-hypertensive effects of these molecules. The increased gastric pH by omeprazole prevented the anti-hypertensive effect of nitrite and nitrate. Omeprazole did not cause any differences in plasma nitrite and nitrate. It was found that treatment with nitrite and nitrate resulted inincreased nitrosylated species in the plasma, and this increase was blocked by omeprazole. We also tested the influence of the entero-salivarycycle effect of nitrite and nitrate. We found that treatment with mouthwash blunted the antihypertensive effect of nitrate but this effect did not change in animals treated with nitrite. Interestingly in all experimental approaches the anti-hypertensive effect of nitrite only occurred when there was an increase in the plasma concentration of nitrosylated species

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Investigations were carried out to study the effect of alternate wetting and drying cycles on the mineralization, nitrification, and denitrification of soil nitrogen in two soils, in the presence or absence of added ammonium and nitrite. Soils were analyzed at the end of each drying cycle for total inorganic nitrogen, ammonium, and nitrite nitrogen. Gaseous products, i.e., ammonia, and the oxides of nitrogen (NO and NO2) were collected in the course of drying for determination. The drying cycles accelerated the rate of nitrogen mineralization in both soils and further increased the oxidation of applied and available ammonium. The rate of ammonium transformation was faster in Yolo clay loam soil than in Miami silt loam. A faster rate of nitrification was also observed in Yolo clay loam. This may be because of a higher pH of the Yolo clay loam soil. The successive drying cycles had a pronounced effect on the nitrate formation in both soils. The extent of nitrite decomposition was inversely related to soil pH. The amount of nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2) evolved were inversely related to soil pH, but significant amounts of NO and N02 were evolved from even the slightly alkaline Yolo clay loam. The loss of nitrogen oxides increased with increased number of drying cycles and, further, the losses of nitrogen increased with increase in nitrite level. The majority of the nitrogen losses from these soils may be due to the direct decomposition of nitrite and possibly slight losses due to an interaction of nitrite and ammonium ions during the course of drying the soil. A considerable amount of nitrogen remained as undetected in treatments receiving either ammonium or nitrite or both. These losses of nitrogen apparently are other than by the release of NO, NO2, and NH3. The undetected nitrogen loss from the soil system may be either in the form of N2O or N2. No volatile losses of ammonia were recorded from the acid Miami silt loam soil. The greatest amount of applied ammonium nitrogen volatilized as ammonia in Yolo clay loam during the initial drying cycles. The rate of ammonia volatilization increased with increase in applied ammonium concentration.

Curiosity is the cause of investigations, and the thirst for knowledge originates from it. Many times at the end of investigations, the number of questions raised are greater than those for which answers are sought. Therefore, all the information gathered through scientific investigations may not be of value for immediate application in practical life. Nevertheless, no research can be considered less important than the other because the integration of several scientific findings considered less less important at the time of investigation may reveal something of very high significance. Similarly, the study of various transformation reactions that the added fertilizers undergo may not be of value to the one whose main objective is to increase production, though it is of great value for the efficient use of fertilizers. Information on the reactions of each intermediate compound produced during the transformations of ammoniacal fertilizers may be useful in reducing or preventing the loss of N that could arise through some of the reactions. Such knowledge will be useful for the economical use of fertilizers. Nitrite is an intermediate compound produced in nitrification, denitrification, and nitrite reduction processes. Chemistry of nitrite in alkaline solutions is well understood, while its fate in acid soils and solutions has eluded the attention of most workers. This is probably due to the fact that under acid conditions nitrite does not appear in large quantities contrary to its behavior in the alkaline region. However, the existence of nitrite in smaller concentrations under acid conditions suggests the possibility that it may be rapidly transformed to other forms of N and may lead to the loss of added N. The rates of such reactions and losses may be higher in acid than in alkaline soils. In acid solutions nitrite also exists as un-ionized nitrous acid; the concentration of the latter form increases at higher acidities. In the following pages these two terms, nitrite and nitrous acid, will be used interchangeably. In acid soils, nitrous acid undergoes several changes such as its fixation by various soil components, chemical conversion to other N compounds, and loss of N either as N2 or in the form of oxides of nitrogen. Most of these reactions may probably result in reduced nitrogen availability to the crops. In this investigation some of the factors influencing nitrite transformations, such as non-biological nitrification and loss of N in different forms, were studied. Validity of some of the proposed nitrite decomposition pathways were verified, and conditions favoring individual reactions were studied in various soil and resin systems.

Four levels of NaNO2 (0 ppm, 50 ppm, 100 ppm, and 156 ppm) were tested for antibotulinal activity in ground pork inoculated with spores of Clostridium botulinum either at the time of formulation or after cooking. Samples formulated with less than 156 ppm sodium nitrite received additional nitrite to adjust the residual nitrite equal to that found after cooking in samples formulated with 156 ppm nitrite. All samples were subjected to abusive storage at 27 C. Inoculating the spores at the time of formulation resulted in a faster rate of swelling. Heating C. botulinum spores for 30 min. at 77 C before addition to cooked meat also resulted in rapid germination. Total botulinal counts were significantly higher (p=0.05) in these samples, compared with similarly treated samples formulated with unheated spores. Samples formulated with 50 ppm initial sodium nitrite and with 78 ppm additional NaNO2 after cooking were the most inhibitory. Initial nitrite concentration was shown to be important for inhibition of C. botulinum growth, probably because of the inhibitory carryover effects of protein-bound nitrite formed during cooing, as well as influencing the concentration of residual nitrite.

Emission of odorous and gaseous compounds such as hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from livestock facilities can be a major impediment to its daily operations and potential expansion. Occupational and environmental concerns require the control of H2S emissions. A treatment approach used in the oil industry in which nitrite and/or molybdate are used as metabolic inhibitors to control the production of H2S in oil reservoirs was shown to be effective in controlling H2S emissions from swine manure.<p> The addition of nitrite and molybdate to swine manure was investigated in closed laboratory scale systems and then evaluated in semi-pilot scale open systems and in specifically designed chambers aiming to simulate an actual swine barn. The effect of manure age (extent of storage) on H2S emissions and the levels of nitrite and molybdate required for effective control of these emissions were assessed. Laboratory scale tests showed that emission of H2S was dependent on manure age. Fresh manure emitted the highest level of H2S and the level of emission decreased as manure age (1-6 months) increased. With fresh 1, 3, and 6-month old manures average H2S concentration in the headspace gas of the closed systems were 4856b460, 3431b208, 1037b98 ppm, and non-detectable (<0.4 ppm), respectively. This translated to lower levels of nitrite or molybdate required to control H2S emission with increase in manure age. When compared to molybdate, the addition of nitrite initially led to lower levels of H2S but its effect was only temporary and not as persistent as molybdate. In the semi-pilot and room scale tests H2S levels emitted from untreated fresh manure (831¡Ó26 ppm and 88.4 ppm, respectively), were significantly lower than those observed in the laboratory system (4856¡Ó460 ppm). Moreover, the levels of molybdate required to control the emission of H2S were much lower in both the semi-pilot system and in the room scale chamber than in the closed system (0.1-0.25 mM as opposed to 2 mM).<p> Small scale land application of manure treated with 0.1 mM molybdate did not raise the level of molybdenum in the soil that could cause potential toxicity to plants and animals. No major differences in the nutrient properties of the soils exposed to the treated and untreated manure were observed. Finally, a preliminary feasibility study of this treatment approach showed that the cost associated with this control approach was less than 1% of the total production cost.