Analyses of deodorization performance of mixotrophic biotrickling filter reactor using different industrial and...

In this study, to efficiently remove malodorous gas and reduce secondary pollution under mixotrophic conditions, pine bark, coal cinder, straw and mobile bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) fillers were used as packing materials in a biological trickling filter (BTF) to simultaneously treat high-concentration H₂S and NH₃. The results showed that the removal rate of BTF-A filled with pine bark was the highest, which was 86.31% and 94.06% under the H₂S and NH₃ loading rates of 53.59 g/m³·h while the empty bed residence time (EBRT) was 40.5 s. The theoretical maximum load was obtained by fitting the kinetic curve, and the value were 90.09 g H₂S m^-³·h^-1 and 172.41 g NH₃ m^-³·h^-1. Meanwhile, after treating with 720 ppm of NH₃, the average concentration of NO₃^- in the BTF circulating fluid was only 127.58 mg/L, indicating the better performance of secondary pollutants control. Microbiological analysis showed that Dokdonella, Micropruina, Candidatus_Alysiosphaera, Nakamurella and Thiobacillus possessed high abundance at the genus level, and their entire percentage in four BTF reactors were 62.87%, 46.32%, 47.98%, and 57.35% respectively. It is worthwhile that the genera Comamonas and Trichococcus with heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification capabilities and proportion of 3.66%, 1.45%, 5.43%, and 3.23% were observed in four reactors.