Partial nitritation and o-cresol removal with aerobic granular biomass in a continuous airlift reactor

WATER RESEARCH

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Article

Jemaat, Zulkifly¹  Suarez-Ojeda, Maria Eugenia¹  Perez, Julio¹  Carrera, Julian¹ 

[1] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Sch Engn, Dept Chem Engn, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

关键词: Nitritation;    Industrial wastewater;    Phenolic compounds;    Aerobic granules;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.048

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Several chemical industries produce wastewaters containing both, ammonium and phenolic compounds. As an alternative to treat this kind of complex industrial wastewaters, this study presents the simultaneous partial nitritation and o-cresol biodegradation in a continuous airlift reactor using aerobic granular biomass. An aerobic granular sludge was developed in the airlift reactor for treating a high-strength ammonium wastewater containing 950 +/- 25 mg N - NH4+ L-1. Then, the airlift reactor was bioaugmented with a p-nitrophenol-degrading activated sludge and o-cresol was added progressively to the ammonium feed to achieve 100 mg L-1. The results showed that stable partial nitritation and full biodegradation of o-cresol were simultaneously maintained obtaining a suitable effluent for a subsequent anammox reactor. Moreover, two o-cresol shock-load events with concentrations of 300 and 1000 mg L-1 were applied to assess the capabilities of the system. Despite these shock load events, the partial nitritation process was kept stable and o-cresol was totally biodegraded. Fluorescence in situ hybridization technique was used to identify the heterotrophic bacteria related to o-cresol biodegradation and the ammonia oxidising bacteria along the granules. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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