Rapid nitrification process upgrade coupled with succession of the microbial community in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)

Liu, F; Hu, X; Zhao, X; Guo, H; Zhao, Y; Jiang, B

HERO ID

4736114

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2018

Language

English

PMID

29100680

HERO ID 4736114
In Press No
Year 2018
Title Rapid nitrification process upgrade coupled with succession of the microbial community in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
Authors Liu, F; Hu, X; Zhao, X; Guo, H; Zhao, Y; Jiang, B
Journal Bioresource Technology
Volume 249
Page Numbers 1062-1065
Abstract Bioaugmentation was used to upgrade the nitrification process in a full-scale municipal WWTP with an A2/O system. A mixture of nitrifying bacteria was inoculated into the bioreactor for a final concentration of 1% (v/v). The upgrade process took 25 days, and the NH4+-N removals reached 94.6% (increased at least by 75%). The effluent concentrations of COD and NH4+-N stabilized at <30 mg/L and <4 mg/L even when the corresponding influent concentrations were over 300 mg/L and 60 mg/L, which met the first-class requirement of the National Municipal Wastewater Discharge Standards of China (COD ≤ 50 mg/L, NH4+-N ≤ 5 mg/L). The succession of the microbial community showed the enhanced NH4+-N removal efficiency mainly resulted from the persistence of introduced ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB), which increased from 0% to 0.4% and from 0.01% to 2.1%, respectively. This bioaugmentation was shown as an effective technology for upgrading or retrofitting conventional systems to tertiary-level.
Doi 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.10.076
Pmid 29100680
Wosid WOS:000425764100136
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Language Text English