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Laboratory study of nitrification, denitrification and anammox processes in membrane bioreactors considering periodic aeration
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Abbassi, R and Yadav, AK and Huang, S and Jaffe, PR, Laboratory study of nitrification, denitrification and anammox processes in membrane bioreactors considering periodic aeration, Journal of Environmental Management, 142 pp. 53-59. ISSN 0301-4797 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 Elsevier
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.03.013
Abstract
The possibility of using membrane bioreactors (MBRs) in simultaneous nitrification-anammox-denitrification (SNAD) by considering periodic aeration cycles was investigated. Two separate reactors were operated to investigate the effect of different anammox biomass in the presence of nitrifying and denitrifying biomass on the final nitrogen removal efficiency. The results illustrated that the reactor with higher anammox biomass was more robust to oxygen cycling. Around 98% Total Nitrogen (TN) and 83% Total Organic Carbon (TOC) removal efficiencies were observed by applying one hour aeration over a four-hour cycle. Decreasing the aeration time to 30, 15, and 2min during a four-hour cycle affected the final TN removal efficiencies. However, the effect of decreasing aeration on the TN removal efficiencies in the reactor with higher anammox biomass was much lower compared to the regular reactor. The nitrous oxide (N2O) emission was a function of aeration as well, and was lower in the reactor with higher anammox biomass. The results of q-PCR analysis confirmed the simultaneous co-existence of nitrifiers, anammox, and denitrifiers in both of the reactors. To simulate the TN removal in these reactors as a function of the aeration time, a new model, based on first order reaction kinetics for both denitrification and anammox was developed and yielded a good agreement with the experimental observations. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | Anammoxic; Denitrification; Kinetic modeling; Membrane-reactor; Microbiology; Nitrification; aeration; anammox bacterium; article; biomass; chemical reaction kinetics; comparative study; denitrification; DNA extraction; DNA template; nitrification |
| Research Division: | Engineering |
| Research Group: | Chemical Engineering |
| Research Field: | Wastewater Treatment Processes |
| Objective Division: | Commercial Services and Tourism |
| Objective Group: | Water and Waste Services |
| Objective Field: | Water Recycling Services (incl. Sewage and Greywater) |
| UTAS Author: | Abbassi, R (Dr Rouzbeh Abbassi) |
| ID Code: | 94985 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 16 |
| Deposited By: | NC Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics |
| Deposited On: | 2014-09-22 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-03 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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