Characteristics of the extracellular products of pure oxygen aerated activated sludge in batch mode

Water Science and Technology

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Hong-Ling Zhang¹  Jia-Ying He²  Ya-Qi Hu²  Hong Wang²  Yong Zhang² 

[1] Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, MEP, Nanjing 210000, China;

[2] School of the Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China;

关键词: activated sludge;    aeration rate;    extracellular polymeric substances;    pure oxygen aeration;    soluble microbial products;   

DOI  :  10.2166/wst.2021.099

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The effects of pure oxygen aeration on compositional characteristics of soluble microbial products (SMP) and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of the activated sludge acclimated in a sequential batch reactor (SBR) were explored in batch mode. The structure of the extracellular products would change with different aeration methods or aeration rates. The proportion of SMP of most oxygen aerated sludge was less than 10%, while that in air aerated sludge was as high as 30–40%. The proportion of TB-EPS decreased from 56.95% to 30.63%, and the proportion of LB-EPS increased obviously with the increase of oxygen aeration rate. The contents of the protein (PN) and the polysaccharide (PS) of extracellular products with oxygen aeration were significantly different, and the PN was much higher than PS (p < 0.05). The zeta potential of each component in activated sludge was negative, gradually decreasing with the progress of biological treatment. The fluorescence peaks in SMP, LB-EPS and TB-EPS with pure oxygen aeration were attributed to tryptophan PN-like and humic acid-like fractions. The results showed that the proportion of the components in the extracellular products could be regulated by adjusting the aeration rate and aeration mode, so as to optimize the treatment process of activated sludge. HIGHLIGHTS SMP with pure oxygen aerated effluent was lower than that of air aeration.;The proportion of TB-EPS was higher under low aeration rate with pure oxygen aeration.;PN was much higher than PS with pure oxygen aeration.;Zeta potential was related to both the total amount of extracellular products and the PN content.;

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