Simultaneous Biological Nitrogen Removal and Electrochemical Phosphorus Recovery from Municipal Wastewater

Simultaneous Biological Nitrogen Removal and Electrochemical Phosphorus Recovery from Municipal Wastewater
Author: Damian Jakub Kruk
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Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
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The main objective of the study was to develop a partial nitrification/anammox electrically assisted struvite yield membrane bioreactor (PN/A EASY MBR) with simultaneous phosphorus recovery for treatment of municipal wastewater. The research was conducted in four separate experiments evaluating the feasibility of electrochemical phosphorus recovery, impact of electric current on nitrifying and anammox bacteria, and long term anammox performance at low temperature. The EASY method based on the magnesium dissolution from a sacrificial anode was found to be very effective in recovery of high-quality struvite even from fermented waste activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant that does not practice enhanced biological phosphorus removal. Effects of short and long term exposure of nitrifying biomass to direct current were investigated using inert graphite electrodes. Both short and long term exposure kinetic tests indicated that the activity of ammonia oxidizing bacteria was slightly inhibited with almost linear decline, whereas the activity of nitrite oxidizing bacteria was stimulated. The trends of relative activity changes exhibit a high correlation to the electric current applied per mass of volatile suspended solids. Low temperatures are one of the main obstacles to implementation in the main stream. In this study the impact of long-term exposure to a temperature of 10°C on the anammox process was investigated. Quantitative PCR was used to follow the population dynamics of different strains of anammox bacteria. Results of the investigation of the electric current impact on anammox activity provided evidence that simultaneous anammox and electrochemical processes is not a feasible approach. However, the study provided a novel method of phosphorus recovery available also for non-EBPR plants, which can be applied in the mainstream process simultaneously with conventional nitrification. The study of anammox at low temperature generated valuable insights for development of mainstream anammox treatment.

Simultaneous Enhanced Biological High-strength Phosphorus Removal and Nitrite Accumulation in a Lab-scale Sequencing Batch Reactor

Simultaneous Enhanced Biological High-strength Phosphorus Removal and Nitrite Accumulation in a Lab-scale Sequencing Batch Reactor
Author: Zhihang Yuan
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Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
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The enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) has been widely applied in treating domestic wastewater, while the performance on high-strength P wastewater is less investigated and the feasibility of coupling with short-cut nitrogen removal process remains unknown. This study first achieved the simultaneous high-efficient P removal and stable nitrite accumulation in one sequencing batch reactor for treating the synthetic digested manure wastewater. The average effluent P could be down to 0.8 ± 1.0 mg P/L and the P removal efficiency was 99.5 ± 0.8%. Candidatus Accumulibacter was the dominant polyphosphate accumulating organism with the relative abundance of 14.2-33.1%, while the presence of glycogen accumulating organisms (Defluviicoccus and Candidatus Competibacter) with relatively higher abundance (15.6-40.3%) did not deteriorate the EBPR performance. Moreover, nitrite accumulation happened in the system with the effluent nitrite up to 20.4 ± 6.4 mg N/L and the nitrite accumulation ratio was nearly 100% for 140 days (420 cycles). Nitrosomonas was the dominant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria with relative abundance of 0.3-2.4% while nitrite-oxidizing bacteria were almost undetected (

Innovative Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery Technologies: Impacts on Energy, Economy and Environment

Innovative Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery Technologies: Impacts on Energy, Economy and Environment
Author: Juan M. Lema
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2017-06-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1780407866

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This book introduces the 3R concept applied to wastewater treatment and resource recovery under a double perspective. Firstly, it deals with innovative technologies leading to: Reducing energy requirements, space and impacts; Reusing water and sludge of sufficient quality; and Recovering resources such as energy, nutrients, metals and chemicals, including biopolymers. Besides targeting effective C,N&P removal, other issues such as organic micropollutants, gases and odours emissions are considered. Most of the technologies analysed have been tested at pilot- or at full-scale. Tools and methods for their Economic, Environmental, Legal and Social impact assessment are described. The 3R concept is also applied to Innovative Processes design, considering different levels of innovation: Retrofitting, where novel units are included in more conventional processes; Re-Thinking, which implies a substantial flowsheet modification; and Re-Imagining, with completely new conceptions. Tools are presented for Modelling, Optimising and Selecting the most suitable plant layout for each particular scenario from a holistic technical, economic and environmental point of view.

Effect of Sulphide on Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal

Effect of Sulphide on Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal
Author: Francisco Javier Rubio Rincon
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2017-03-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 135164808X

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The enhanced biological removal of phosphorus (EBPR) is a popular process due to high removal efficiency, low operational costs, and the possibility of phosphorus recovery. Nevertheless, the stability of the EBPR depends on different factors such as: temperature, pH, and the presence of toxic compounds. While extensive studies have researched the effects of temperature and pH on EBPR systems, little is known about the effects of different toxic compounds on EBPR. For example, sulphide has shown to inhibit different microbial activities in the WWTP, but the knowledge about its effects on EBPR is limited. Whereas the sulphide generated in the sewage can cause a shock effect on EBPR, the continuously exposure to sulphide potentially generated in WWTP can cause the acclimatization and adaptation of the biomass. This research suggests that sulphate reducing bacteria can proliferate in WWTP, as they are reversibly inhibited by the recirculation of sludge through anaerobic-anoxic-oxic conditions. The research enhances the understanding of the effect of sulphide on the anaerobic-oxic metabolism of PAO. It suggests that the filamentous bacteria Thiothrix caldifontis could play an important role in the biological removal of phosphorus. It questions the ability of PAO to generate energy from nitrate respiration and its use for the anoxic phosphorus uptake. Thus, the results obtained in this research can be used to understand the stability of the EBPR process under anaerobic-anoxic-oxic conditions, especially when exposed to the presence of sulphide.

Phosphorus: Polluter and Resource of the Future

Phosphorus: Polluter and Resource of the Future
Author: Christian Schaum
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2018-03-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1780408358

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This comprehensive book provides an up-to-date and international approach that addresses the Motivations, Technologies and Assessment of the Elimination and Recovery of Phosphorus from Wastewater. This book is part of the Integrated Environmental Technology Series.

Integrating Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) in a Resource Recovery Scenario

Integrating Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) in a Resource Recovery Scenario
Author: Carlos Roberto Chan Pacheco
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Total Pages: 133
Release: 2018
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ISBN: 9788449083259

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La presente tesis doctoral se enfoca en evaluar un sistema de eliminación biológica de fósforo (enhanced biological phosphorus removal, EBPR) orientado a un escenario de recuperación de recursos. Los resultados obtenidos se dividieron en cuatro capítulos, los cuales aparecen en los capítulos 4, 5, 6 y 7. Los temas estudiados en cada capítulo se resumen a continuación: Capítulo 4. Se estudió a largo plazo un sistema SBR-EBPR cuya configuración fue modificada con la finalidad de obtener un líquido altamente enriquecido con P. La configuración del sistema SBR-EBPR consistió en incluir una etapa de extracción de sobrenadante al final de la etapa anaeróbica (después de un periodo de sedimentación). El líquido extraído tiene la mayor concentración de P en el ciclo SBR, lo cual implica que la disponibilidad de este nutriente estaría limitada para los requerimientos metabólicos de los microrganismos responsables de este proceso, comprometiendo la eficiencia del proceso EBPR. Por ello se evaluaron diferentes volúmenes de extracción. Capítulo 5. Se estudió el comportamiento de la actividad EBPR usando tiempos de retención celular (TRC) cortos, esto con la finalidad de evaluar su posible integración en sistemas energéticamente eficientes, como el proceso A/B. Con este fin, se operaron tres diferentes reactores secuenciales (por lotes) con una configuración convencional a 25 oC y a TRC de entre 3-14 días. Capítulo 6. La influencia de la temperatura y el SRT sobre el proceso EBPR fueron evaluadas, a corto y largo plazo. En este capítulo se usaron tres sistemas EBPR, los cuales se operaron a temperaturas de entre 10-20 oC y a TRC de entre 3.5-15 días. Capítulo 7. La biomasa obtenida de los diferentes sistemas (SBR-EBPR), usados en el capítulo 6 se metió a pruebas de digestión anaerobia, esto con la finalidad de evaluar su potencial de producción de metano. Debido a que cada biomasa contenía diferentes concentraciones de PHA, la influencia del contenido de PHA sobre la de producción de metano también fue evaluada.