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Evaluating the suitability of granular anammox biomass for nitrogen removal from vegetable tannery wastewater. Biodegradation 2023; 34:253-262. [PMID: 36797384 PMCID: PMC10148767 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-023-10017-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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In the present study, the potential inhibitory effect of biologically pre-treated vegetable tannery wastewater (TW) on anammox granular biomass was evaluated. Beside high organic and chemicals load, vegetable TW are characterised by high salinity and high tannins concentration, the latter belonging to a group of bio-refractory organic compounds, potentially inhibitory for several bacterial species. Recalcitrant tannin-related organic matters and salinity were selected as the two potential inhibitory factors and studied either for their separate and combined effect. Parallel batch tests were performed, with biomass acclimated and non-acclimated to salinity, testing three different conditions: non-saline control test with non-acclimated biomass (CT); saline control test with acclimated biomass (SCT); vegetable tannery wastewater test with acclimated biomass (TWT). Compared with non-saline CT, the specific anammox activity in tests SCT and TWT showed a reduction of 28 and 14%, respectively, suggesting that salinity, at conductivity values of 10 mS/cm (at 25 °C), was the main impacting parameter. As a general conclusion, the study reveals that there is no technical limitation for the application of the anammox process to vegetable TW, but preliminary biomass acclimation as well as regular biomass activity monitoring is recommended in case of long-term applications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work assessing the impact of vegetable TW on anammox biomass.
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Gonçalves Piteira Carvalho B, Cristófaro Warrener FA, Campos Castro HM, Pereira AD, Leal CD, Araújo JCD. Aeration strategies and temperature effects on the partial nitritation/anammox process for nitrogen removal: performance and bacterial community assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2022; 43:3473-3485. [PMID: 33944693 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2021.1923817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The partial nitritation/anammox process (PN/A) could be a promising alternative for nitrogen removal from high-strength wastewater. There is, however, a lack of information about suitable aeration and temperature for PN/A in single-stage reactors for high-strength wastewater, such as food waste (FW) digestate treatment. To this end, a laboratory-scale (10 L) partial nitritation/anammox sequencing batch reactor was operated for more than 230 days under four different intermittent aeration strategies and temperature variations (35°C and ambient temperature - 26-29°C) to investigate the feasibility of nitrogen removal from real FW digestate. High ammonium (NH4+-N) and total nitrogen (TN) removal median efficiencies of 81 and 63%, respectively (corresponding to median NH4+-N and TN loads removed of 76 and 67 g.m-3.d-1), were achieved when the aeration strategy comprised by 7 min/14 min off and an airflow rate of 0.050 L.min-1.Lreactor-1 was applied. Nitrogen removal efficiencies were not affected by temperature variations in southeastern Brazil. COD, chloride and organic nitrogen (520, 239 and 102.8 mg.L-1, respectively) did not prevent PN/A. Changes of the bacterial community in response to aeration strategies were observed. Candidatus Brocadia dominated most of the time being more resistant to aeration and temperature changes than Candidatus Jettenia. This study demonstrated that optimizations of anoxic periods and airflow rate support PN/A with high nitrogen removal from FW digestate.
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- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Differences in the Effects of Calcium and Magnesium Ions on the Anammox Granular Properties to Alleviate Salinity Stress. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app12010019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Divalent cations were known to alleviate salinity stress on anammox bacteria. Understanding the mechanism of reducing the salinity stress on anammox granules is essential for the application of the anammox process for saline wastewater treatment. In this study, the effect of Ca2+ and Mg2+ augmentation on the recovery of the activity of freshwater anammox granules affected by salinity stress was evaluated. At the condition of a salinity stress of 5 g NaCl/L, the specific anammox activity (SAA) of the granule decreased to 50% of that of the SAA without NaCl treatment. Augmentation of Ca2+ at the optimum concentration of 200 mg/L increased the SAA up to 78% of the original activity, while the augmentation of Mg2+ at the optimum concentration of 70 mg/L increased the SAA up to 71%. EPS production in the granules was increased by the augmentation of divalent cations compared with the granules affected by salinity stress. In the soluble EPS, the ratio of protein to polysaccharides was higher in the granules augmented by Ca2+ than with Mg2+, and the functional groups of the EPS differed from each other. The amount of Na+ sequestered in the soluble EPS was increased by the augmentation of divalent cations, which seems to contribute to the alleviation of salinity stress. Ca. Kuenenia-like anammox bacteria, which were known to be salinity stress-tolerant, were predominant in the granules and there was no significant difference in the microbial community of the granules by the salinity stress treatment. Our results suggest that the alleviation effect of the divalent cations on the salinity stress on the anammox granules might be associated with the increased production of different EPS rather than in changes to the anammox bacteria.
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Bonassa G, Bolsan AC, Hollas CE, Venturin B, Candido D, Chini A, De Prá MC, Antes FG, Campos JL, Kunz A. Organic carbon bioavailability: Is it a good driver to choose the best biological nitrogen removal process? THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 786:147390. [PMID: 33964770 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Organic carbon can affect the biological nitrogen removal process since the Anammox, heterotrophic and denitrifying bacteria have different affinities and feedback in relation to carbon/nitrogen ratio. Therefore, we reviewed the wastewater carbon concentration, its biodegradability and bioavailability to choose the appropriate nitrogen removal process between conventional (nitrification-denitrification) and Anammox-based process (i.e. integrated with the partial nitritation, nitritation, simultaneous partial nitrification and denitrification or partial-denitrification). This review will cover: (i) strategies to choose the best nitrogen removal route according to the wastewater characteristics in relation to the organic matter bioavailability and biodegradability; (ii) strategies to efficiently remove nitrogen and the remaining carbon from effluent in anammox-based process and its operating cost; (iii) an economic analysis to determine the operational costs of two-units Anammox-based process when compared with the commonly applied one-unit Anammox system (partial-nitritation-Anammox). On this review, a list of alternatives are summarized and explained for different nitrogen and biodegradable organic carbon concentrations, which are the main factors to determine the best treatment process, based on operational and economic terms. In summary, it depends on the wastewater carbon biodegradability, which implies in the wastewater treatment cost. Thus, to apply the conventional nitrification/denitrification process a CODb/N ratio higher than 3.5 is required to achieve full nitrogen removal efficiency. For an economic point of view, according to the analysis the minimum CODb/gN for successful nitrogen removal by nitrification/denitrification is 5.8 g. If ratios lower than 3.5 are applied, for successfully higher nitrogen removal rates and the economic feasibility of the treatment, Anammox-based routes can be applied to the wastewater treatment plant.
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- Western Paraná State University, 85819-110 Cascavel, PR, Brazil
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- Federal University of Fronteira Sul, 99700-000 Erechim, Brazil
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- Western Paraná State University, 85819-110 Cascavel, PR, Brazil
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- Federal University of Technology - Parana (UTFPR), 85660-000 Dois Vizinhos, PR, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Avda. Padre Hurtado 750, 2503500 Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Western Paraná State University, 85819-110 Cascavel, PR, Brazil; Federal University of Fronteira Sul, 99700-000 Erechim, Brazil; Embrapa Suínos e Aves, 89715-899 Concórdia, SC, Brazil.
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Ritigala T, Chen Y, Zheng J, Demissie H, Zheng L, Yu D, Sui Q, Chen M, Zhu J, Fan H, Li J, Gao Q, Weragoda SK, Weerasooriya R, Jinadasa KBSN, Wei Y. Comparison of an integrated short-cut biological nitrogen removal process with magnetic coagulation treating swine wastewater and food waste digestate. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 329:124904. [PMID: 33676354 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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An integration of two processes, magnetic coagulation (MC) and short-cut biological nitrogen removal (SBNR), coupled with a sequencing batch membrane bioreactor (SMBR) controlled by an automatic real-time control strategy (RTC), was developed to treat different characteristics of high strength wastewater. The treatment efficiency and microbial community-diversity of the proposed method was evaluated and investigated using swine wastewater and food waste (FW) digestate. The MC showed high removal of TSS (89.1 ± 1.5%, 92.21 ± 1.8%), turbidity (90.58 ± 2.1%, 95.1 ± 2.1%), TP (88.5 ± 1.9%, 92.1 ± 1.5%), phosphate (87.76 ± 1.6%, 91.22 ± 1.5%), and SMBR achieved stable and excellent removal of COD (96.05 ± 0.2%, 97.39 ± 0.2%), TN (97.30 ± 0.3%, 97.44 ± 0.3%) andNH4+-N (99.07 ± 0.2%, 98.54 ± 0.2%) for swine wastewater and FW digestate, respectively. The effluent COD andNH4+-N concentrations were found to meet their discharge standards. The microbial community comparison showed similar diversity and richness, and genus Diaphorobacter and Thaurea were dominant in denitritation, and Nitrosomonas was dominant in nitritation treating both swine wastewater and FW digestate.
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- Tharindu Ritigala
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Department of Chemistry College of Natural Sciences, Arbaminch University, 1000, Ethiopia
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Beijing Environmental Engineering Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 100101, China
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- Beijing Environmental Engineering Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 100101, China
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- Beijing Environmental Engineering Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka.
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Ritigala T, Demissie H, Chen Y, Zheng J, Zheng L, Zhu J, Fan H, Li J, Wang D, Weragoda SK, Weerasooriya R, Wei Y. Optimized pre-treatment of high strength food waste digestate by high content aluminum-nanocluster based magnetic coagulation. J Environ Sci (China) 2021; 104:430-443. [PMID: 33985745 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2020.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Coagulation-based pre-treatment efficiency of high strength digestate of food waste (HSDFW) anaerobic digestion is negated by organic ligand-catalyzed decomposition of coagulants. In this study, an efficient HSDFW pre-treatment method, magnetic seeds (MS) coagulation, was employed by using highly stable Keggin Al30 nanocluster (PAC30), MS and polyacrylamide (PAM), and its operation was optimized by evaluating the performance of removing turbidity, total suspended solids (TSS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and total phosphorous (TP) phosphate. Results showed that at the optimum dosage of 4.82 g/L, PAC30 demonstrated excellent removals as high as 98.93% ± 0.1% of turbidity, 98.04% ± 0.1% of TSS, 58.28% ± 0.3% of total COD, 99.98% ± 0.01% of TP and 99.50% ± 0.01% of dissolved phosphate, respectively. Apparent molecular weight (AMW) and three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix (3D-EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy analyses demonstrated more efficient removal of dissolved organic matter (DOM), particularly non-biodegradable and hydrophobic components by PAC30 than commercial coagulant. The sedimentation was much improved from 40 min by coagulation/flocculation to about 5 min settling by MS coagulation. The PAC30 based magnetic coagulation (MC) presents theoretical guidance on a cost-effective and much less footprint pre-treatment alternative for high strength wastewater.
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- Tharindu Ritigala
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Department of Chemistry College of Natural Sciences, Arbaminch University 1000, Ethiopia
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Beijing Environmental Engineering Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 100101, China
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- Beijing Environmental Engineering Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 100101, China
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- Beijing Environmental Engineering Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka.
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Scaling-Up and Long-Term Operation of a Full-Scale Two-Stage Partial Nitritation-Anammox System Treating Landfill Leachate. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9050800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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(1) Background: Biological treatment of leachate in landfill sites using anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is challenging because of the intrinsic characteristics of this complex wastewater. In this work, the scale-up and subsequent full-scale implementation of the PANAMMOX® technology (LEQUIA Research Group, Girona, Catalonia, Spain) are presented as a case study to achieve long-term nitrogen (N) removal from mature leachate mostly through a completely autotrophic pathway. (2) Methods: The treatment system consists of two sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) running in series to individually operate partial nitritation (PN) and anammox (A). Following biological treatment, physicochemical oxidation (i.e., Fenton-based process) was used to remove the remaining non-biodegradable organic matter. A cost analysis comparative was conducted in relation to the former technology used on-site for treating the leachate. (3) Results: The scale-up of the process from pilot- to full-scale was successfully achieved, finally reaching an average removal of 7.4 kg N/d. The composition of the leachate changed over time, but especially once the landfill site stopped receiving solid waste (this fact involved a marked increase in the strength of the leachate). The adjustment of the alkalinity-to-ammonium ratio before feeding PN-SBR helped to improve the N-removal efficiency. Values of conductivity above 25 mS/cm in A-SBR could negatively affect the performance of the anammox process, making it necessary to consider a dilution strategy according to the on-line monitoring of this parameter. The analysis of the operational costs showed that by implementing the PANAMMOX® technology (LEQUIA Research Group, Girona, Catalonia, Spain) in the landfill site, savings up to 32% were achievable. (4) Conclusions: Treatment of mature landfill leachate in such a two-stage PN-A system was demonstrated as feasible and economically appealing despite the complexity of this industrial wastewater. Accurate expert supervision of the process was a key factor to reaching good performances.
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Bellucci M, Marazzi F, Musatti A, Fornaroli R, Turolla A, Visigalli S, Bargna M, Bergna G, Canziani R, Mezzanotte V, Rollini M, Ficara E. Assessment of anammox, microalgae and white-rot fungi-based processes for the treatment of textile wastewater. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247452. [PMID: 33651835 PMCID: PMC7924738 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The treatability of seven wastewater samples generated by a textile digital printing industry was evaluated by employing 1) anammox-based processes for nitrogen removal 2) microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) for nutrient uptake and biomass production 3) white-rot fungi (Pleurotus ostreatus and Phanerochaete chrysosporium) for decolorization and laccase activity. The biodegradative potential of each type of organism was determined in batch tests and correlated with the main characteristics of the textile wastewaters through statistical analyses. The maximum specific anammox activity ranged between 0.1 and 0.2 g N g VSS-1 d-1 depending on the sample of wastewater; the photosynthetic efficiency of the microalgae decreased up to 50% during the first 24 hours of contact with the textile wastewaters, but it improved from then on; Pleurotus ostreatus synthetized laccases and removed between 20-62% of the colour after 14 days, while the enzymatic activity of Phanerochaete chrysosporium was inhibited. Overall, the findings suggest that all microbes have great potential for the treatment and valorisation of textile wastewater after tailored adaptation phases. Yet, the depurative efficiency can be probably enhanced by combining the different processes in sequence.
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- Università degli Studi di Milano, DeFENS, Milan, Italy
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Pichel A, Fra A, Morales N, Campos JL, Méndez R, Mosquera-Corral A, Val Del Río Á. Is the ammonia stripping pre-treatment suitable for the nitrogen removal via partial nitritation-anammox of OFMSW digestate? JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 403:123458. [PMID: 32846255 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Treating the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) can be performed by coupling the anaerobic digestion (AD) and partial nitritation-anammox (PN-AMX) processes for organic matter and nitrogen removal, respectively. Besides, an ammonia stripping (AS) step before the AD benefit the removal of organic matter. In the present study, the operation of two PN-AMX sequencing batch reactors with and without AS pre-treated OFMSW digestate (AS-SBR and nAS-SBR, respectively) was assessed. The specific anammox activity decreased by 90 % for increasing proportions of fed OFMSW in both cases, indicating no differences over the anammox activity whether the AS pre-treatment is implemented or not. For 100 % OFMSW proportion, the AS-SBR achieved better effluent quality than the nAS-SBR (127 ± 88 vs. 1050 ± 23 mg N/L) but with lower nitrogen removal rates (58 ± 8 vs. 687 ± 32 g N/(L·d)). Still, the latter required successive re-inoculations to obtain higher removal rates. Changes in the microbial communities were mainly correlated to sCOD/N ratios in the OFMSW, being Candidatus Brocadia the dominant anamnmox species. The results proved the AS to be a suitable pre-treatment, despite the higher sCOD/N ratios in the OFMSW digestate, achieving good synergy between the PN-AMX and heterotrophic denitrification processes.
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- Andrés Pichel
- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15705, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15705, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Aqualia, Guillarei WWTP, Camino de la Veiga s/n, E-36720 Tui, Spain
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Avda. Padre Hurtado 750, Viña del Mar, E- 2503500, Chile
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15705, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15705, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15705, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Wang Y, Yang L, Li Y, Fu L, Yuan C, Yao L, Luo J. Reactor performance and economic evaluation of singular, binary, and ternary mixing of feedstocks for anaerobic digestion. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2021; 42:318-328. [PMID: 31169448 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2019.1627424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study compared the performance of singular, binary, and ternary mixing of feedstocks for anaerobic digestion. Three wastes, including organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW), dairy manure, and corn stover, were tested under the mesophilic condition. Results showed that the binary and ternary mixing stabilised digesters while solely processing OFMSW resulted in pH drop and over accumulation of volatile fatty acids. The highest methane yield of 302.3 L/kg-VS was achieved with 50% OFMSW, 33% corn stover, and 17% dairy manure, which was about 5 times of that obtained from digesting OFMSW alone. The binary and ternary mixing led to multiple peaks in daily methane production, which evened out methane production throughout the 50-day digestion process. Economic analysis showed that solid digestate price, direct fixed capital cost, and labour cost significantly affected net present value (NPV). Ternary mixtures had the highest NPV and internal rate of return and were financially attractive under analysis conditions.
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- Yanqin Wang
- College of Resource and Environmental Science, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA
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- College of Resource and Environmental science, China Agriculture University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Science, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Science, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Science, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Science, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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Carucci A, Bortolussi A, Cappai G, Erby G, Tocco G, Milia S. Application of anammox within an integrated approach to sustainable food waste management and valorization. N Biotechnol 2020; 58:1-9. [PMID: 32361011 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2020.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In this study, the anammox process was applied for the first time to the treatment of ammonium-rich liquid residues produced by the two-stage anaerobic digestion of food waste (2sAD-FW); such residues may represent a significant environmental issue if not properly managed. A granular anammox reactor was fed with a progressively increasing share of partially nitritated 2sAD-FW wastewater. An alternative operating strategy based on partial by-pass of the partial nitritation unit was tested, in order to regulate the influent NO2/NH4 molar ratio without chemical addition. High nitrogen removal efficiency (89 ± 1%) and negligible nitrite discharge rates were achieved, together with high nitrogen removal rate/nitrogen loading rate (NRR/NLR, 97 ± 1%) and stable specific anammox activity (0.42 ± 0.03 gN2-N/gVSS d). The observed NH4-removed/NO2-removed/NO3-produced molar ratio was in agreement with anammox stoichiometry, as confirmed by the low contribution (<5%) of denitrification to nitrogen removal. Moreover, the possibility of using digital color characterization of granular biomass as a novel, simple tool for the monitoring of anammox biomass enrichment and process performance was investigated under dynamic conditions, using real wastewater: changes in granule color correlated well with the increasing share of 2sAD-FW wastewater in the influent (R2 = 83%), as well as with the decrease of anammox biomass abundance in the reactor (R2 = 68%). The results suggest that anammox may be successfully integrated into a 2sAD-FW system, thus enhancing its environmental sustainability.
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- Alessandra Carucci
- University of Cagliari, Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture (DICAAR), Via Marengo 2, Cagliari 09123, Italy; National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering (CNR-IGAG), Area della Ricerca Roma 1, Montelibretti, Rome 00015, Italy.
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering (CNR-IGAG), Area della Ricerca Roma 1, Montelibretti, Rome 00015, Italy.
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture (DICAAR), Via Marengo 2, Cagliari 09123, Italy; National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering (CNR-IGAG), Area della Ricerca Roma 1, Montelibretti, Rome 00015, Italy.
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture (DICAAR), Via Marengo 2, Cagliari 09123, Italy.
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture (DICAAR), Via Marengo 2, Cagliari 09123, Italy.
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering (CNR-IGAG), Area della Ricerca Roma 1, Montelibretti, Rome 00015, Italy.
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Lin L, Pratt S, Rattier M, Ye L. Individual and combined effect of salinity and nitrite on freshwater Anammox bacteria (FAB). WATER RESEARCH 2020; 169:114931. [PMID: 31669901 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.114931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) based technology has potential for nitrogen removal from wastewater with high salinity, but both salt and nitrite (a substrate for Anammox) have negative effect on microbial activity. In order to achieve Anammox in saline wastewater treatment, it is essential to understand the combined effect of these two components. In this study, the individual and combined effect of salinity and nitrite on fixed film freshwater Anammox bacteria (FAB, mainly belonging to the Ca. Brocadia genus), enriched on carriers from a 1500 L pilot scale one-stage (PN/Anammox) moving bed bioreactor (MBBR), were systematically investigated by 57 pre-designed batch tests. The combined inhibition of nitrite and salinity was determined by comparing with additive and independent inhibition models. With salinity only, the specific Anammox activity (SAA) decreased with increasing salinity: 14.6 mS/cm (about 9.1 g NaCl/L) of salinity caused 50% inhibition (IC50). With nitrite only, SAA started to decrease when nitrite concentration was above 450 mg N/L (threshold) and decreased with increased nitrite (IC50 = 666 mg N/L) thereafter. Significantly, when both salinity and nitrite were elevated, both the threshold and IC50 of nitrite were reduced, with inhibition enhanced. Analysis showed that at high salinity (>14.6 mS/cm) and nitrite concentration (>666 mg N/L), inhibition was close to that predicted by simulation of additive and independent inhibition models. Within a salinity range of 4-14.6 mS/cm and nitrite concentration range of 50-666 mg N/L, the combined inhibition was more severe than prediction (p < 0.05) based on the additive and independent inhibition models and therefore it was determined to be synergistic inhibition.
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- Limin Lin
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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Lotti T, Burzi O, Scaglione D, Ramos CA, Ficara E, Pérez J, Carrera J. Two-stage granular sludge partial nitritation/anammox process for the treatment of digestate from the anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 100:36-44. [PMID: 31505402 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The increasing amount of source separated organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (OFMSW) treated by anaerobic digestion for energy recovery requires the implementation of cost-efficient processes for the treatment of the produced digestate, especially in terms of nitrogen removal. The autotrophic nitrogen removal process, based on the coupling of two biological processes, partial nitritation (PN) and anammox (A), appears as a suitable solution due to important savings in operational costs compared to conventional treatment processes. However, its application could be hampered by the high salinity and inhibitory potential of this kind of digestate. In this contribution, two lab-scale granular sludge reactors performing the PN and anammox processes, respectively, were used to treat (opportunely diluted) real OFMSW digestate originating from full-scale biogas plants with the aim of assessing their treatment feasibility in a two-stage PN/A configuration. The PN process was implemented in an air-lift granular sludge reactor and was able to treat a nitrogen loading rate of about 1 g N L-1 d-1 at 30 ± 0.5 °C; moreover, its effluent was suitable for the subsequent anammox treatment, with an appropriate effluent NO2-/NH4+ ratio and marginal inhibiting effects. In the anammox granular sludge reactor, the anammox activity was affected by high salinity levels, nonetheless a stable reactor performance at a nitrogen removing rate of 0.83 ± 0.20 and 0.31 ± 0.04 g N L-1 d-1 at 35 ± 0.5 °C, were achieved when treating 50% and 30% diluted real wastewaters at a conductivity in the reactor of 9.1 and 11.2 mS cm-1, respectively.
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- Tommaso Lotti
- Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), P.zza L. da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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- Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), P.zza L. da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), P.zza L. da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Ed. Q-Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), P.zza L. da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Ed. Q-Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Ed. Q-Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Pichel A, Moreno R, Figueroa M, Campos JL, Mendez R, Mosquera-Corral A, Val del Rio A. How to cope with NOB activity and pig manure inhibition in a partial nitritation-anammox process? Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Efficient Nitrogen Removal of Reject Water Generated from Anaerobic Digester Treating Sewage Sludge and Livestock Manure by Combining Anammox and Autotrophic Sulfur Denitrification Processes. WATER 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/w11020204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The reject water from anaerobic digestion with high (Total Nitrogen) TN concentration was treated by a demonstration plant combining the anammox process and SOD (SOD®; Sulfur Oxidation Denitrification) process. The anaerobic digestion was a co-digestion of livestock wastewater, food waste water, and sewage sludge so that the TN concentration and conductivity of the reject water were very high. This anammox plant was the first anammox demonstration plant in South Korea. The maximum TN removal efficiency of 80% was achieved for the anammox reactor under nitrogen loading rate (NLR) of 0.45 kg-N/m3·d. As a result of decreasing the dilution of the reject water, the influent conductivity and NLR values were increased to 7.8 mS/cm and 0.7 kg/m3·d, causing a rapid decrease in the TN removal efficiency. The sludge concentration from the hydro-cyclone overflow was about 40 mg-MLVSS/L in which small sized anammox granules were detected. It was proven that the increase in (Mixed Liquor Volatile Suspended Solids) MLVSS concentration in the anammox reactor was not easy under high influent conductivity and NLR. 97% of NO2−-N+NO3−-N generated from the anammox process could be treated successfully by the SOD reactor. A TN removal efficiency of 35% under poor annamox treatment could increase to 67% by applying the SOD reactor post treatment for the removal of NO3−-N. The dominant anammox bacteria in the anammox reactor was identified as Brocadia fulgida and 9.3% (genus level) of the bacteria out of the total bacteria were anammox bacteria.
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Giustinianovich EA, Campos JL, Roeckel MD, Estrada AJ, Mosquera-Corral A, Val Del Río Á. Influence of biomass acclimation on the performance of a partial nitritation-anammox reactor treating industrial saline effluents. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 194:131-138. [PMID: 29197816 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.11.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The performance of the partial nitritation/anammox processes was evaluated for the treatment of fish canning effluents. A sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was fed with industrial wastewater, with variable salt and total ammonium nitrogen (TAN) concentrations in the range of 1.75-18.00 g-NaCl L-1 and 112 - 267 mg-TAN L-1. The SBR operation was divided into two experiments: (A) progressive increase of salt concentrations from 1.75 to 18.33 g-NaCl L-1; (B) direct application of high salt concentration (18 g-NaCl L-1). The progressive increase of NaCl concentration provoked the inhibition of the anammox biomass by up to 94% when 18 g-NaCl L-1 were added. The stable operation of the processes was achieved after 154 days when the nitrogen removal rate was 0.021 ± 0.007 g N/L·d (corresponding to 30% of removal efficiency). To avoid the development of NOB activity at low salt concentrations and to stabilize the performance of the processes dissolved oxygen was supplied by intermittent aeration. A greater removal rate of 0.029 ± 0.017 g-N L-1 d-1 was obtained with direct exposure of the inoculum to 18 g-NaCl L-1 in less than 40 days. Also, higher specific activities than those from the inoculum were achieved for salt concentrations of 15 and 20 g-NaCl L-1 after 39 days of operation. This first study of the performance of the partial nitritation/anammox processes, to treat saline wastewaters, indicates that the acclimation period can be avoided to shorten the start-up period for industrial application purposes. Nevertheless, further experiments are needed in order to improve the efficiency of the processes.
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Val Del Rio A, Pichel A, Fernandez-Gonzalez N, Pedrouso A, Fra-Vázquez A, Morales N, Mendez R, Campos JL, Mosquera-Corral A. Performance and microbial features of the partial nitritation-anammox process treating fish canning wastewater with variable salt concentrations. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2018; 208:112-121. [PMID: 29253740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The partial nitritation-anammox (PN-AMX) process applied to wastewaters with high NaCl concentration was studied until now using simulated media, without considering the effect of organic matter concentration and the shift in microbial populations. This research work presents results on the application of this process to the treatment of saline industrial wastewater. Obtained results indicated that the PN-AMX process has the capability to recover its initial activity after a sudden/acute salt inhibition event (up to 16 g NaCl/L). With a progressive salt concentration increase for 150 days, the PN-AMX process was able to remove the 80% of the nitrogen at 7-9 g NaCl/L. The microbiological data indicated that NaCl and ammonia concentrations and temperature are important factors shaping PN-AMX communities. Thus, the NOB abundance (Nitrospira) decreases with the increase of the salt concentration, while heterotrophic denitrifiers are able to outcompete anammox after a peak of organic matter in the feeding.
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- Angeles Val Del Rio
- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E- 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E- 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E- 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E- 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E- 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Aqualia, Guillarei WWTP, Camino de la Veiga s/n, E-36720 Tui, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E- 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Avda Padre Hurtado 750, Viña del Mar, E- 2503500, Chile.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E- 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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