Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5740477 | International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation | 2017 | 12 Pages |
â¢A novel hybrid process for the anoxic removal of ammonia from wastewater.â¢A green synthesis approach to granulate nanoscale oxides of manganese (NSOM).â¢Microbial mediated anoxic nitrification by NSOM.â¢NSOM are stable for several cycles with Mn2+ recycling coupled to denitrification.
The present study investigates the feasibility of anoxic nitrification-denitrification in the presence of nanoscale oxides of manganese (NSOM). A template-assisted co-precipitation method was employed to synthesize NSOM. XRD and FESEM data reveal that the composite is amorphous in nature, and the particles are in nano regime (15-28 nm). The use of NSOM as an electron acceptor for the microbial mediated anoxic nitrification and the feasibility of re-oxidation of reduced NSOM coupled to denitrification was demonstrated by laboratory scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR). SBR operation lasted for 343 days in 9 different phases by varying the initial NH4+-N (100-500 mg lâ1) and cycle time (0.5-2.0 d). Maximum removals of NH4+-N and total nitrogen were 126.2 ± 11.3 mg lâ1 dâ1 and 109.8 ± 10.9 mg lâ1 dâ1 respectively, in 0.5 d cycle time. Separate batch experiments were conducted to study the effect of time, pH, temperature, COD/NH4+-N ratio, and inhibitory concentrations of NH4+-N, NO2â-N, and S2â, on the anoxic nitrification process. The developed process is economical as it works in the absence of external supply of aeration and alkalinity, and reduces 70% of the requirement of COD compared to conventional nitrification-denitrification.
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