[ABR Decarbonization-Nitrosation Coupled with ANAMMOX to Treat Municipal Wastewater]

In order to promote the application of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) to treat municipal wastewater, nitrosation was coupled with ANAMMOX and an ABR decarbonization system at the front of it; then used to build a system in which ABR decarbonization-nitrosation coupled with ANAMMOX was used to treat municipal wastewater. The high throughput sequencing technology of MiSeq was employed to analyze the structure of the microbial community in the sludge. Results showed that the average effluent COD concentration of the carbon removal system was 120 mg·L^-1 and that the subsequent nitrosation system and ANAMMOX system would not be adversely affected by the effluent COD. Controlled by matching the nitrosation effluent with that from the ABR carbon removal system 2:1, the ANAMMOX influent, kept the ratio of the NO₂^--N and NH₄⁺-N matrix to ANAMMOX at about 1:1. The total nitrogen removal rate of the integrated reactor was 86%-92% and the COD of the effluent was 20-40 mg·L^-1. After the experiment, the number of bacteria in class γ-Proteobacteria in the nitrosation system, which are closely related to denitrification, increased. Members of class Sphingobacteria, which have the function of enhancing the growth rate of microorganisms and enhancing the rate of denitrification, were significantly increased in the ANAMMOX system. The nitrogen and carbon in the municipal wastewater could be stably and efficiently removed by the ABR Decarbonization-Nitrosation coupled with ANAMMOX process.