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Long-term continuous partial nitritation-anammox reactor aeration optimization at different nitrogen loading rates for the treatment of ammonium rich digestate lagoon supernatant
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Long-term continuous partial nitritation-anammox reactor aeration optimization at different nitrogen loading rates for the treatment of ammonium rich digestate lagoon supernatant

Sen Yang, Shengnan Xu, Riccardo Boiocchi, Abdul Mohammed, Xinru Li, Nicholas J Ashbolt and Yang Liu
Process Biochemistry, Vol.99, pp.139-146
12/2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2020.08.030
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Abstract

Anammox bacteria AOB IFAS Nitrite inhibition Partial nitritation-anammox
Dissolved oxygen (DO) is an important parameter for partial nitritation-anammox process but previously not evaluated for the treatment of digested biosolid thickening lagoon supernatant. Using intermittent aeration we investigated nitrogen removal from such supernatant in an integrated fixed film activated sludge (IFAS) process operated under a variety of hydraulic retention times (1.2–2.5 days). The overall nitrogen removal rate (NRR) was significantly increased (P < 0.01) from 0.26 ± 0.01 kg N m−3 d-1 at HRT of 2.5 days to 0.50 ± 0.01 kg N m-3 d-1 at HRT of 1.2 day. Higher nitrogen loading rates needed higher DO concentrations in order to cope with the increased oxygen demand by ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). Enhancing the DO concentration from 0.18 mg L-1 to 0.35 mg L-1 improved AOB activity. However, when the bulk liquid DO was in the range of 0.28−0.35 mg L-1, anammox activity inhibition was observed associated with a significant free nitrous acid (FNA) accumulation (21.70 ± 4.10 μg L-1). Batch studies confirmed the inhibition of anammox activity under high DO conditions (0.28−0.35 mg L-1). Aeration strategies, other than increasing the DO set points, should be investigated in order to be able to work at high nitrogen loading rates without compromising anammox activity.

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