Nitrous oxide and methane production from denitrifying woodchip bioreactors at three hydraulic residence times

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

卷:242

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Davis, Morgan P.¹  Martin, Emily A.²  Moorman, Thomas B.³  Isenhart, Thomas M.⁴  Soupir, Michelle L.² 

[1] Iowa State Univ, Dept Agron, 2104 Agron Hall, Ames, IA 50011 USA

[2] Iowa State Univ, Dept Agr & Biosyst Engn, 1340 Elings Hall, Ames, IA 50011 USA

[3] USDA ARS, Natl Lab Agr & Environm, 1015 N Univ Blvd, Ames, IA 50011 USA

[4] Iowa State Univ, Dept Nat Resource Ecol & Management, 339 Sci Hall 2, Ames, IA USA

关键词: Woodchip bioreactor;    Climate change;    Denitrification;    Nitrous oxide;    Methane;    Dissolved greenhouse gases;    Hydraulic residence time;    Bioreactor management;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.055

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Denitrifying bioreactors remove nitrate (NO3-) from agricultural drainage and are slated to be an integral part of nitrogen reduction strategies in the Mississippi River Basin. However, incomplete denitrification can result in nitrous oxide (N2O) production and anaerobic conditions within bioreactors may be conducive to methane (CH4) production via methanogenesis. Greenhouse gas production has the potential to trade excess NO3- in surface water with excess greenhouses gases in the atmosphere. Our study examined N2O and CH4 production from pilot scale (6.38 m(3)) bioreactors across three hydraulic residence times (HRTs), 2, 8, and 16 h. Production was measured from both the surface of the bioreactors and dissolved in the bioreactor effluent. Nitrous oxide and CH4 was produced across all HRTs, with the majority dissolved in the effluent. Nitrous oxide production was significantly greater (P < 0.05) from 2h HRTs (478.43 mg N2O m(-3) day(-1)) than from 8 (29.95 mg N2O m(-3) day(-1)) and 16 (36.61 mg N2O m(-3) day(-1)) hour HRTs. Methane production was significantly less (P < 0.05) from 2 h HRTs (0.51 g C m(3) day(-1)) compared to 8 (1.50 g C m(3) day(-1)) and 16 (1.69 g C m(3) day(-1)) hour HRTs. The 2 h HRTs had significantly greater (P = 0.05) impacts to climate change compared to 8 and 16 h HRTs. Results from this study suggest managing HRTs between 6 and 8 h in field bioreactors could minimize total greenhouse gas production and maximize NO3- removal.

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