Rapid start-up of mainstream partial denitrification /anammox and enhanced nitrogen removal through inoculation of precultured biofilm for treating low-strength municipal sewage.
Bioresour Technol
; 411: 131320, 2024 Aug 22.
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| ID: mdl-39173960
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the rapid start-up of mainstream partial denitrification coupled with anammox (PD/A) and nitrogen removal performance by inoculating precultured PD/A biofilm. The results showed mainstream PD/A in the anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic (A2O) process was rapidly established within 30 days. Nitrogen removal efficiency (NRE) improved by 23.8 % contrasted to the traditional A2O process. The mass balance showed that anammox contribution to total nitrogen (TN) removal were maintained at 37.9 %â¼55.7 %, and reducing hydraulic retention time (HRT) strengthened simultaneously denitrification and anammox activity. The microbial community showed that the dominant bacteria such as denitrifying bacteria (DNBs) and glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs) both in biofilm and flocculent sludge (floc), integrating with anammox bacteria (AnAOB) in biofilm might lead to enhanced nitrogen removal. Overall, this study offered a fast start-up strategy of mainstream PD/A with enhanced nitrogen removal, which are valuable for upgradation and renovation of existed municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).
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MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
Bioresour Technol
Journal subject:
ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Country of publication:
United kingdom