Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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579929 | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2010 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Both ammonium and nitrite act as substrates as well as potential inhibitors of anoxic ammonium-oxidizing (Anammox) bacteria. To satisfy demand of substrates for Anammox bacteria and to prevent substrate inhibition simultaneously; two strategies, namely high or low substrate concentration, were carefully compared in the operation of two Anammox upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors fed with different substrate concentrations. The reactor working at relatively low influent substrate concentration (NO2â-N, 240Â mg-NÂ Lâ1) was shown to avoid the inhibition caused by nitrite and free ammonia. Using the strategy of low substrate concentration, a record super high volumetric nitrogen removal rate of 45.24Â kg-NÂ mâ3Â dayâ1 was noted after the operation of 230 days. To our knowledge, such a high value has not been reported previously. The evidence from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that the morphology and ultrastructure of the Anammox cells in both the reactor enrichments was different.
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Authors
Chong-Jian Tang, Ping Zheng, Bao-Lan Hu, Jian-Wei Chen, Cai-Hua Wang,