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The effects of two different external carbon sources (acetate and ethanol) and electron acceptors (dissolved oxygen, nitrate, and nitrite) were investigated under aerobic and anoxic conditions with non-acclimated process biomass from a full-scale biological nutrient removal-activated sludge system. When acetate was added as an external carbon source, phosphate release was observed even in the presence of electron acceptors. The release rates were 1.7, 7.8, and 3.5 mg P/(g MLVSS·h) (MLVSS: mixed liquor volatile suspended solids), respectively, for dissolved oxygen, nitrate, and nitrite. In the case of ethanol, no phosphate release was observed in the presence of electron acceptors. Results of the experiments with nitrite showed that approximately 25 mg NO2-N/L of nitrite inhibited anoxic phosphorus uptake regardless of the concentration of the tested external carbon sources. Furthermore, higher denitrification rates were obtained with acetate (1.4 and 0.8 mg N/(g MLVSS·h)) compared to ethanol (1.1 and 0.7 mg N/ (g MLVSS·h)) for both anoxic electron acceptors (nitrate and nitrite).
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Biomass , Bioreactors , Carbon/chemistry , Denitrification , Electrons , Nitrates , Nitrites , Oxygen , Phosphates , Phosphorus/chemistry , Sewage , Waste Disposal, Fluid/methods , Wastewater , Water Pollutants, Chemical , Water Purification/methodsABSTRACT
Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de estudo sobre o comportamento de um reator híbrido, operado em bateladas sequenciais, na remoção conjunta de matéria carbonácea, nitrogênio e fósforo de esgoto sanitário. Operado em ciclos de 8 horas de duração, o reator possuía em seu interior um suporte fixo com rede de nylon. Foram testadas cargas compreendidas entre 0,39 e 1,35 kgDQO.m-3.dia-1, 42 e 60 gN-NH4-.m-3.dia e 51 e 70 gP-PO4-.m-3.dia. O reator funcionou como um sistema estável e apresentou boas condições de depuração. A remoção da matéria carbonácea mostrou-se elevada, com eficiências médias de 92 por cento de DBO5 e 80 por cento de DQO. A remoção de nutrientes variou entre 59 e 71 por cento para nitrogênio total e entre 45 e 67 por cento para fósforo total. Tanto no lodo em suspensão, quanto no biofilme, foi observada a ocorrência de bactérias oxidadoras de amônio e micro-organismos responsáveis pela desnitrificação e remoção biológica de fósforo.
This paper presents the results about the behavior of a sequencing batch hybrid reactor on combined removal of carbonaceous matter, nitrogen and phosphorus from sewage. Operated in 8-hour cycles, the reactor had a nylon net fixed inside. Loads between 0.39 and 1.35 kg COD.m-3.day-1, 42 and 60 gN-NH4-m-3.day-1 and 51 and 70 gP-PO4-m-3.day-1 were tested. The reactor operated as a stable system and showed good depuration conditions. The carbonaceous matter removal was high, with 92 and 80 percent efficiencies average to BOD5 and COD, respectively. The nutrients removal varied between 59 and 71 percent for total nitrogen and between 45 and 67 percent for total phosphorus. In both, sludge in suspension and the biofilm, occurrence of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria and microorganisms responsible for denitrification and biological phosphorus removal was observed.
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Nos últimos anos, tem surgido a necessidade de se projetarem sistemas de tratamento de águas residuárias que, além de remover carga orgânica, sejam capazes de remover nutrientes, particularmente nitrogênio e fósforo. Este trabalho avaliou a remoção biológica de fósforo em sistemas de lodo ativado, tratando esgoto doméstico por meio de reatores em bateladas sequenciais (RBS), monitorado com diferentes tempos de retenção celular (TRC): 20, 5 e 3 dias. Esses experimentos foram avaliados em escala de bancada com o uso da respirometria, utilizando-se acetato como fonte de carbono orgânico. Os resultados mostraram satisfatória remoção de fósforo total nos três experimentos, com valores médios entre 79 a 82 por cento, sendo que o sistema RBS que operou com TRC de cinco dias obteve resultados melhores.
In recent years, there has been an increasing need to design wastewater treatment systems that are capable of removing both organic material and nutrients, notably nitrogen and phosphorus. This study evaluated biological phosphorus removal by activated sludge systems fed with domestic sewage and operating as sequencing batch reactors (SBR) with different solids retention times (SRT) namely 20, 5 and 3 days. This was supported by respirometry experiments at bench scale using acetate as the source of organic carbon. The results showed satisfactory total phosphorus removal efficiencies mean values between 79-82 percent for the three regimes with the best removal efficiency occurring in the SBR operating with a five-day SRT.
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Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is widely accepted as one of the most economical and sustainable processes to remove phosphorus from wastewater.Poor performance or complete failure of EBPR processes has been substantially reported because of the proliferation of glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs) in the system.This paper presented the GAOs' metabolic mechanism and the impact factors, such as influent substrate, P/C ratio, pH value, temperature and SRT, on competition between GAOs and PAOs to better understand GAOs' characteristics and improve the performance and reliability of EBPR systems.