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Effect of prefermentation on denitrifying phosphorus removal in slaughterhouse wastewater
M Merzouki1, N Bernet, J P Delgenès
1Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement, Avenue des Etangs, 11100 Narbonne, France.
Abstract:
An anaerobic-anoxic sequencing batch reactor (A2 SBR) coupled with a fixed-bed nitrification reactor for simultaneous carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus removal was evaluated using slaughterhouse wastewater. Whereas the treatment could not be successfully carried out on the raw wastewater, the process showed very good nutrient removal performances after prefermentation. The removals of COD, N-NH4 and P-PO4 achieved were 99%, 85% and 99%, respectively. The increase in volatile fatty acid (VFA) and phosphate concentrations in the effluent after prefermentation may explain the high levels of biological carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus removal observed. A simple prefermentation is, therefore, necessary but sufficient to ensure good performances of the denitrifying enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process.
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