Rapid formation of nitrifying granules treating high-strength ammonium wastewater in a sequencing batch reactor
Rapid formation of nitrifying granules treating high-strength ammonium wastewater in a sequencing batch reactor
Short initial settling time and rapidly increased ammonium nitrogen loading were employed to cultivate nitrifying granular sludge treating inorganic wastewater with 1000 mg/L ammonium nitrogen. It was found that the nitrifying granule-dominant sludge was formed in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with influent ammonium concentration increased from 200 to 1000 mg N/L within 55 days. During the following 155-day operation period, nitrifying granules exhibited good performance with an ammonium removal efficiency of 99 %. In the meantime, sludge volume index (SVI) decreased from 92 to 15 mL/g and the mean size of the nitrifying granules increased from 106 to 369 ?m. Mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) decreased from the initial 6.4 to around 3 g/L during the granulation period and increased to over 10 g/L at the end of the operation. The long-term stability of nitrifying granules and the reactor performance were not negatively affected by inhibition from free ammonia (FA) and free nitrous acid (FNA) in this study. This makes the granule sludge technology promising in treating high-strength ammonium wastewater in practice.
nitrifying granule, nitrification, free ammonia (FA), free nitrous acid (FNA), high-strength ammonium, stability, sequencing batch reactor (SBR)
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Chen, Fang-Yuan
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Liu, Yong-Qiang
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Tay, Joo-Hwa
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Ning, Ping
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1 May 2015
Chen, Fang-Yuan
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Liu, Yong-Qiang
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Tay, Joo-Hwa
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Ning, Ping
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Chen, Fang-Yuan, Liu, Yong-Qiang, Tay, Joo-Hwa and Ning, Ping
(2015)
Rapid formation of nitrifying granules treating high-strength ammonium wastewater in a sequencing batch reactor.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99 (10), .
(doi:10.1007/s00253-014-6363-6).
Abstract
Short initial settling time and rapidly increased ammonium nitrogen loading were employed to cultivate nitrifying granular sludge treating inorganic wastewater with 1000 mg/L ammonium nitrogen. It was found that the nitrifying granule-dominant sludge was formed in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with influent ammonium concentration increased from 200 to 1000 mg N/L within 55 days. During the following 155-day operation period, nitrifying granules exhibited good performance with an ammonium removal efficiency of 99 %. In the meantime, sludge volume index (SVI) decreased from 92 to 15 mL/g and the mean size of the nitrifying granules increased from 106 to 369 ?m. Mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) decreased from the initial 6.4 to around 3 g/L during the granulation period and increased to over 10 g/L at the end of the operation. The long-term stability of nitrifying granules and the reactor performance were not negatively affected by inhibition from free ammonia (FA) and free nitrous acid (FNA) in this study. This makes the granule sludge technology promising in treating high-strength ammonium wastewater in practice.
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Accepted/In Press date: 24 December 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 January 2015
Published date: 1 May 2015
Keywords:
nitrifying granule, nitrification, free ammonia (FA), free nitrous acid (FNA), high-strength ammonium, stability, sequencing batch reactor (SBR)
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Water & Environmental Engineering Group
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/377702
ISSN: 0175-7598
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