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Published on: July 13, 2012
Real-time monitoring control of sequencing batch anammox process
Fangxu Jia1, Chenyu Liu1, Xingcheng Zhao1
1Beijing International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water Pollution Control Techniques for Antibiotics and Resistance Genes, Beijing Key Laboratory of Aqueous Typical Pollutants Control and Water Quality Safeguard, School of Environment, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Rapid recognition and timely management of the emergent situation in wastewater treatment are crucial to maintaining the stable operation of anammox process. In this study, the feasibility of pH, conductivity (Cond) and oxidation reduction potential (ORP) profiles for monitoring and controlling anammox process for synthetic wastewater treatment was evaluated, and the practicability of the method was further verified by using real wastewater. The results showed that the characteristic values of these parameter profiles exhibited high accuracy and reproducibility in indicating the endpoint of the anammox reaction. Moreover, the positive correlations between TN removal and ΔpH, ΔCond and ΔORP were found. Nevertheless, only the slope of the Cond curve was found to be significantly linearly correlated with the specific anammox activity, which was further validated by the Haldane inhibition kinetic model, suggesting that the Cond curve can be used as an immediate feedback signal on whether anammox activity was inhibited. Overall, this study presents a fast, convenient and accurate strategy based on online real-time monitoring of instrument parameters, which was conducive to tracking the nitrogen removal process dynamics and performing the necessary operations in a timely manner, and to improving the stability of anammox process in wastewater treatment.
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