Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7479166 | Journal of Environmental Management | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Nowadays cost reduction is a very important issue in wastewater treatment plants. One way, is to minimize the sludge production. Microorganisms break down the organic matter into inorganic compounds through catabolism. Uncoupling metabolism is a method which promote catabolism reactions instead of anabolism ones, where adenosine triphosphate synthesis is inhibited. In this work, the influence of the addition of para-nitrophenol and a commercial reagent to a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) on sludge production and process performance has been analyzed. Three laboratory SBRs were operated in parallel to compare the effect of the addition of both reagents with a control reactor. SBRs were fed with synthetic wastewater and were operated with the same conditions. Results showed that sludge production was slightly reduced for the tested para-nitrophenol concentrations (20 and 25Â mg/L) and for a LODOred dose of 1Â mL/day. Biological process performance was not influenced and high COD removals were achieved.
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Authors
E. Zuriaga-AgustÃ, J.A. Mendoza-Roca, A. Bes-Piá, J.L. Alonso-Molina, I. Amorós-Muñoz,