Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6579580 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2018 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
This study focused on the treatment of psychrophilic anaerobic digestate from pig slurry digestion through a single-stage Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) accomplishing the autotrophic nitrogen removal (ANR). In period 1, the combination of the high sludge retention time (>50â¯days) and the presence of significant concentrations of biodegradable organic carbon favoured the uncontrolled growth of the denitrifying bacteria (HDB) and the nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB), affecting negatively the deammonification (DAM) activity from 14 to 15â¯mgN/gMLVSS·h to only 2.2â¯mgN/gMLVSS·h. In Period 2, the sieving of the suspended biomass at 125â¯Âµm was evaluated to enhance the retention time of DAM microrganisms in granular sludge into the SBR. This strategy allowed the recovery of 60% of the initial specific deammonification activity (sDAA) and to promote the wash-out of the NOB, obtaining a nitrogen removal efficiency of 81%. This method was never applied to increase the robustness and reliability of ANR during the treatment of livestock streams, so it could be considered after optimization as a potential option to increase the sustainability of smaller and local farms.
Keywords
RBCODSBRsRTHDBTKNPO4-PMLVSSMLSSNH4-NSCODHRTTSSAnammoxSoluble CODAmmoniaFree ammoniaSelectionchemical oxygen demandTotal solidsSequencing batch reactorSolid retention timehydraulic retention timeSAURPhosphatetotal suspended solidsOrganic contentPASPartial nitrificationAnaerobic digestionCodTotal phosphorustotal Kjeldahl nitrogen
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Authors
Nicola Frison, Simos Malamis, Evina Katsou, David Bolzonella, Francesco Fatone,