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Published on: December 25, 2015
Enhanced denitrification of sewage via bio-microcapsules embedding heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic
Yunqi Shi1, Yongyou Hu1, Donghui Liang1
1School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, China; The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Abstract:
In this work, bio-microcapsules were prepared by embedding heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification (HN-AD) bacteria (Acinetobacter Pittii SY9) and corn cob. Bio-microcapsules (20 g/L of corn cob and 30% v/v suspension of strain SY9) were porous (pore size 2579.74-3725.44 nm; porosity 53.6%-79.9%). Under the appropriate conditions (C/N > 2, temperature of 20-35 ℃, rotation speed of 100-120 rpm, pH of 7-9), TN removal efficiency of bio-microcapsules reached 94.4%, and 74.0% of nitrogen was converted into N2. The results of kinetics fitting indicated that aerobic denitrification was the limiting step during HN-AD process. Bio-microcapsules could slow the carbon release of corn cob for 120 days, which ensuring high HN-AD performance even at low C/N of 2.8. Bio-microcapsule SBR could stably run for 88 days with TN removal efficiency > 90% for synthetic sewage. Bio-microcapsules embedding strain SY9 and corn cob have prospective applications for enhancing denitrification of sewage.
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