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Estimating Sediment Denitrification Rates Using Cores and N2O Microsensors
Published on: December 6, 2018
Characteristics of nutrients removal under partial denitrification initiated by different initial nitrate
Zhaoxu Peng1, Tianyu Lou2, Kun Jiang2
1School of Water Conservancy and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. pzx@zzu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The partial denitrification (PD) is a very promising process developed in the last decade, to study the comprehensive influence of influent carbon to nitrogen (C/N) on the activated sludge system under PD, six sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) were operated in parallel at C/N of 2.75, 3.30, 4.13, 5.50, 8.25 and 16.50, the nitrogen removal, phosphorus removal and sludge settleability of PD were investigated. The results showed that PD was observed treating synthetic wastewater in all the six SBRs, and the nitrite accumulation rate (NAR) was highest at C/N of 5.50 (NAR of 82.30%). However, due to the alternate inhibition of NO2--N and free nitrous acid (FNA) produced by a limited carbon source, both the sludge settleability and phosphorus removal deteriorated. The average SVI at C/N of 8.25 was 130% lower than C/N of 3.30, and the average amount of PO43--P released at C/N of 16.5 was 189% higher than C/N of 2.75. Kinetic analysis showed that the denitrification kinetics of PD and complete denitrification were similar, and the nitrite accumulation was caused by the difference between nitrate reduction rate and nitrite reduction rate. Variations of on-line parameters (pH and ORP) revealed that nitrite accumulation could be indicated by judging the nitrate turning point and nitrite turning point on pH and ORP curves, which provided guidance for the setup of PD.
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