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Published on: January 7, 2019
Changes of nitrogen and phosphorus removal pattern caused by alternating aerobic/anoxia from the perspective of
Kai Yao1, Xiao Huang2,3, Wenyi Dong4
1Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to compare the impact of different numbers of alternating aerobic/anoxic (A/O) cycles on pollutant removal. Three sequential batch reactors (SBRs) with varying numbers of alternating A/O cycles were established. Under the tertiary anoxic operating conditions, the removal efficiencies of chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (NH4+-N), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) were 88.73%, 89.56%, 72.15%, and 77.61%, respectively. Besides, alternating A/O affected the dominant microbial community relative abundance (Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes) and increased microbial richness and diversity. It also increased the relative abundance of aerobic denitrifying, heterotrophic nitrifying, and denitrifying phosphorus removal bacteria to change N and P removal patterns. Furthermore, the abundance of carbohydrate metabolism and amino acid metabolism was improved by alternating A/O to improve organic matter and TN removal.
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