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Liu L, Xu Y, Pan H, Yu C, Liu Q, Wei C, Zhao X, Su M, Pan J. Performance, comparison and utilization of reduced sulfur (-2) compounds (S 2-, FeS and SCN -) in autotrophic denitrification process by thiosulfate-driven autotrophic denitrifier. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 231:116219. [PMID: 37224950 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The coexistence of reduced sulfur (-2) compounds (S2-, FeS and SCN-) are found in some industrial wastewaters due to pre-treatment of Fe(II) salts. These compounds as electron donors have attracted increasing interest in autotrophic denitrification process. However, the difference of their functions still remain unknown, which limit efficient utilization in autotrophic denitrification process. The study aimed to investigate and compare utilization behavior of these reduced sulfur (-2) compounds in autotrophic denitrification process activated by thiosulfate-driven autotrophic denitrifiers (TAD). Results showed that the best denitrification performance was observed in SCN-; while the reduction of nitrate was significantly inhibited in S2- system and the efficient accumulation of nitrite was observed in FeS system with cycle experiments continuing. Additionally, intermediates containing sulfur were produced rarely in SCN- system. However, the utilization of SCN- was limited obviously in comparison with S2- in coexistence systems. Moreover, the presence of S2- increased the accumulation peak of nitrite in coexistence systems. The biological results indicated that the TAD utilized rapidly these sulfur (-2) compounds, in which genus of Thiobacillus, Magnetospirillum and Azoarcus might play main roles. Moreover, Cupriavidus might also participate in sulfur oxidation in SCN- system. In conclusion, these might be attributed to the characteristics of sulfur (-2) compounds including the toxicity, solubility and reaction process. These findings provide theoretical basis for regulation and utilization of these reduced sulfur (-2) compounds in autotrophic denitrification process.
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- Liangliang Liu
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- Ecological Science Institute, LingNan Eco & Culture-Tourism Co., Ltd., Dongguan, 523125, PR China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, PR China; Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, PR China.
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Xu B, Yang X, Li Y, Yang K, Xiong Y, Yuan N. Pyrite-Based Autotrophic Denitrifying Microorganisms Derived from Paddy Soils: Effects of Organic Co-Substrate Addition. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11763. [PMID: 36142037 PMCID: PMC9517464 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The presence of organic co-substrate in groundwater and soils is inevitable, and much remains to be learned about the roles of organic co-substrates during pyrite-based denitrification. Herein, an organic co-substrate (acetate) was added to a pyrite-based denitrification system, and the impact of the organic co-substrate on the performance and bacterial community of pyrite-based denitrification processes was evaluated. The addition of organic co-substrate at concentrations higher than 48 mg L-1 inhibited pyrite-based autotrophic denitrification, as no sulfate was produced in treatments with high organic co-substrate addition. In contrast, both competition and promotion effects on pyrite-based autotrophic denitrification occurred with organic co-substrate addition at concentrations of 24 and 48 mg L-1. The subsequent validation experiments suggested that competition had a greater influence than promotion when organic co-substrate was added, even at a low concentration. Thiobacillus, a common chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing denitrifier, dominated the system with a relative abundance of 13.04% when pyrite served as the sole electron donor. With the addition of organic co-substrate, Pseudomonas became the dominant genus, with 60.82%, 61.34%, 70.37%, 73.44%, and 35.46% abundance at organic matter concentrations of 24, 48, 120, 240, and 480 mg L-1, respectively. These findings provide an important theoretical basis for the cultivation of pyrite-based autotrophic denitrifying microorganisms for nitrate removal in soils and groundwater.
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- Baokun Xu
- Agricultural Water Conservancy Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan 430010, China
- State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Key Laboratory of River Regulation and Flood Control of Ministry of Water Resources, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan 430010, China
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- Chongqing Water Resources Bureau, Chongqing 401147, China
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- Agricultural Water Conservancy Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan 430010, China
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- School of Law, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
- Agricultural and Rural Department of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Agricultural Water Conservancy Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan 430010, China
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- Agricultural Water Conservancy Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan 430010, China
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Nitrate Removal from Actual Wastewater by Coupling Sulfur-Based Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Denitrification under Different Influent Concentrations. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13202913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Contamination of wastewater with organic-limited nitrates has become an urgent problem in wastewater treatment. The cooperating heterotrophic with sulfur autotrophic denitrification is an alternative process and the efficiency has been assessed in many studies treating simulated wastewater under different operating conditions. However, due to the complex and diverse nature of actual wastewater, more studies treating actual wastewater are still needed to evaluate the feasibility of collaborative denitrification. In this study, lab-scale experiments were performed with actual nitrate polluted water of two different concentrations, with glucose and sodium thiosulfate introduced as mixed electron donors in the coupling sulfur-based autotrophic and heterotrophic denitrification. Results showed that the optimum denitrification performance was exhibited when the influent substrate mass ratio of C/N/S was 1.3/1/1.9, with a maximum denitrification rate of 3.52 kg NO3−-N/(m3 day) and nitrate removal efficiency of 93% in the coupled systems. Illumina high-throughput sequencing analysis revealed that autotrophic, facultative, and heterotrophic bacteria jointly contributed to high nitrogen removal efficiency. The autotrophic denitrification maintained as the predominant process, while the second most prevalent denitrification process gradually changed from heterotrophic to facultative with the increase of influent concentration at optimum C/N/S ratio conditions. Furthermore, the initiation of dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) was very pivotal in promoting the entire denitrification process. These results suggested that sulfur-based autotrophic coupled with heterotrophic denitrifying process is an alternative and promising method to treat nitrate containing wastewater.
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Qian J, Bai L, Zhang M, Chen L, Yan X, Sun R, Zhang M, Chen GH, Wu D. Achieving rapid thiosulfate-driven denitrification (TDD) in a granular sludge system. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 190:116716. [PMID: 33290906 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) can drive a high level of autotrophic denitrification (AD) activity with thiosulfate (S2O32-) as the electron donor. However, the slow growth of SOB results in a low biomass concentration in the AD reactor and unsatisfactory biological nitrogen removal (BNR). In this study, our goal was to establish a high-rate thiosulfate-driven denitrification (TDD) system via sludge granulation. Granular sludge was successfully cultivated by increasing the nitrogen loading rate stepwise in thiosulfate-oxidizing/nitrate-reducing conditions in an upflow anaerobic blanket reactor. In the mature-granular-sludge reactor, a nitrate removal rate of 280 mg N/L/h was achieved with a nitrate removal efficiency of 97.7%±1.0% at a hydraulic retention time of only 15 minutes, with no nitrite detected in the effluent. Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) analysis indicated that the proteins in loosely bound and tightly bound EPS were responsible for maintaining the compact structure of the TDD granular sludge. The dynamics of the microbial-community shift were identified by 16S rRNA high-throughput pyrosequencing analysis. The Sulfurimonas genus was found to be enriched at 74.1% of total community and may play the most critical role in the high-rate BNR. The batch assay results reveal that no nitrite accumulation occurred during nitrate reduction because the nitrate reduction rate (75.90±0.67 mg N/g MLVSS/h) was almost equal to the nitrite reduction rate (66.06±1.28 mg N/g MLVSS/h) in the thiosulfate-driven granular sludge reactor. The results of this study provide support for the establishment of a high-rate BNR system that maintains its stability with a low sludge yield.
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- Jin Qian
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch) and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch) and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch) and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Xia Z, Liu G, She Z, Gao M, Zhao Y, Guo L, Jin C. Performance and bacterial communities in unsaturated and saturated zones of a vertical-flow constructed wetland with continuous-feed. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 315:123859. [PMID: 32707509 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this study, a partially-saturated vertical-flow constructed wetland (VFCW) with continuous-feed was operated to investigate nutrients transformation and possible pathways in unsaturated and saturated zones. Effect of temperature on nutrients removal and microbial community was also evaluated. The variation of temperature barely affected removal of NH4+-N and COD, achieving removal efficiencies of 99.5-100.0% and 96.8-100.0% at effluent temperature of 14.9-27.7 °C. The removal of COD, NH4+-N, total inorganic nitrogen (TIN) and total phosphorus mainly occurred in unsaturated zone, achieving much higher removal rates than saturated zone. Nitrification process in the VFCW was associated with autotrophic/heterotrophic ammonia oxidizing bacteria and nitrite oxidizing bacteria. Denitrification process relied on both autotrophic and heterotrophic denitrifiers. Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria was also detected, contributing to TIN removal. All of the groups for nutrients removal exhibited higher abundance in unsaturated zone. Diverse pathways co-existed for nitrogen removal, while the main metabolic pathways were different along the depth.
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- Zhengang Xia
- Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China
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- Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China
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- Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China.
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- Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China
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- Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China
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- Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China
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- Key Lab of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China. 266100 Qingdao, China
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Fan F, Xu R, Wang D, Meng F. Application of activated sludge for odor control in wastewater treatment plants: Approaches, advances and outlooks. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 181:115915. [PMID: 32485441 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Odors from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have attracted extensive attention and stringent environmental standards are more widely adopted to reduce odor emissions. Biological odor treatment methods have broader applications than the physical and chemical counterparts as they are environment-friendly, cost-effective and generate low secondary wastes. The aqueous activated sludge (AS) processes are among the most promising approaches for the prevention or end-of-pipe removal of odor emissions and have the potential to simultaneously treat odor and wastewater. However, AS deodorization biotechnologies in WWTPs still need to be further systematically summarized and categorized while in-depth discussions on the characteristics and underlying mechanisms of AS deodorization process are still lacking. Recently, considerable studies have been reported to elucidate the microbial metabolisms in odor control and wastewater treatment. This paper reviews the fundamentals, characteristics, advances and field experiences of three AS biotechnologies for odor treatment in WWTPs, i.e., AS recycling, microaeration in AS digester and AS diffusion. The underlying deodorization mechanisms of typical odors have been revealed through the summary of recent advances on multi-element conversions, metabolic interactions of bacteria, microscopic characterization and identification of functional microorganisms. Future research aspects to advance the emerging deodorization AS process, such as deodorization mechanisms, simultaneous odor and water treatment, synergistic treatment with other air emissions, are discussed.
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- Fuqiang Fan
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China.
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Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Chen Y. Recent advances in partial denitrification in biological nitrogen removal: From enrichment to application. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 298:122444. [PMID: 31784254 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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To maximize energy recovery, carbon capture followed by shortcut nitrogen removal is becoming the most promising route in biological wastewater treatment. As the intermediate of microbial denitrification, nitrite could serve as a substrate for anammox bacteria, while N2O is a combustion promoter that can increase 37% energy release from CH4 than O2. Therefore, the important advances in partial denitrification (PD) that produces nitrite or N2O as the main product using inorganic or organic electron donors were critically reviewed. Specifically, the enrichment strategies of PD microorganisms were obtained by analyzing the selection pressures, metabolism, physiology, and microbiology of these microorganisms. Furthermore, some prospective and promising processes integrating PD microorganisms and the bottlenecks of current applications were discussed. The obtained knowledge would provide new insights into the upgrading of current WWTPs involving commitment to achieve nitrogen removal from wastewaters more economically and environmentally friendly.
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- Zhengzhe Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Cui YX, Guo G, Ekama GA, Deng YF, Chui HK, Chen GH, Wu D. Elucidating the biofilm properties and biokinetics of a sulfur-oxidizing moving-bed biofilm for mainstream nitrogen removal. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 162:246-257. [PMID: 31279316 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.02.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The sulfide-oxidizing autotrophic denitrification (SOAD) process offers a feasible alternative to mainstream heterotrophic denitrification in treating domestic sewage with insufficient organics. Previously SOAD has been successfully applied in a moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR). However, the biofilm properties and biokinetics are still not thoroughly understood. The present study was therefore designed to investigate these features of sulfur-oxidizing biofilms (SOBfs) cultivated in a lab-scale MBBR under stable operation for over a year. The biofilms developed were 160 μm thick, had an uneven and porous surface on which elemental sulfur (S0) accumulated, and the SOB biomass was highly diverse. The bioprocess kinetics were evaluated through 12 batch experiments. The results were interpreted by adopting a two-step sulfide oxidation model (sulfide→S0 and S0→ sulfate) with all specific rates having a linear regression coefficient of R2 > 0.9. Moreover, the inhibitory kinetic analysis revealed that 1) the maximum treatment capacity (about 480 mg S/(m2·h) and 80 mg N/(m2·h)) was observed at low sulfide level (40 mg S/L), while higher sulfide level (60-150 mg S/L) showed increasing inhibition on the oxidation of both sulfide and sulfur and denitrification. 2) The denitritation activity decreased by up to 43% when free nitrous acid reached a maximum of 8.6 μg N/L, whereas the oxidation of sulfide and sulfur did not have any significant effect. Interestingly, two physiologically diverse SOB groups were found in this special biofilm. The mechanisms of the cooperation and competition for electron donors and acceptors between these two SOB clades are proposed. The results of this study greatly enhance our understanding of the design and optimization of SOAD-MBBR for mainstream nitrogen removal.
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- Yan-Xiang Cui
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch) and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; Fok Ying Tung Graduate School and Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch) and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Water Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch) and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch) and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch) and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; Fok Ying Tung Graduate School and Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch) and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; Fok Ying Tung Graduate School and Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangdong, China.
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Wang B, Wu D, Dai J, Ekama GA, Hao X, Chen GH. Elucidating the effects of starvation and reactivation on anaerobic sulfidogenic granular sludge: Reactor performance and granular sludge transformation. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 151:44-53. [PMID: 30594089 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In biological wastewater treatment, the bacteria starvation always challenges the stability of system operation. Yet, the effects of starvation and possibility of reactivation are less understood for anaerobic sulfidogenic system. Sulfidogenic systems use sulfate as electron acceptor for organic chemical oxygen demand (COD) degradation, so it will encounter two kind of starvations: (i) complete stoppage of wastewater flow (named complete food starvation) and (ii) remaining organic COD but with very low level sulfate in the influent (named sulfate starvation). In this study, the relative long-term starvation (over 30-day) and subsequent reactivation were studied in two lab-scale continuous gas recirculation sulfate-reducing upflow sludge bed (CGR-SRUSB) reactors. It was observed that the complete food starvation and sulfate starvation decreased the COD removal rate (in the similar range of 60-65%) and the specific sulfidogenic activity (about 45% and 61% respectively), as well as increasing the sludge flotation potential (SFP) from <15% to 58% and 35% respectively. Moreover, the following restoration experiments proved that the perturbed systems could be reactivated within 10-15 days for both cases. The results of investigating the mechanisms showed the performance deterioration were highly attributed to the starvation-induced granular sludge transitions, with respect to the changing of sludge physico-chemical properties (permeability, porosity, hydrophobicity and viscocity) and microbial stuctures (sulfate-reducting bacteria and extracellular polymeric substances). The outcomes of this study can provide useful information for dealing with the prolonged starvation problems in sulfidogenesis-based systems in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment.
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- Bo Wang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch), and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch), and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; Wastewater Treatment Laboratory, FYT Graduate School, and Shenzhen Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch), and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Water Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies/Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Beijing, 100044, PR China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch), and Water Technology Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; Wastewater Treatment Laboratory, FYT Graduate School, and Shenzhen Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangdong, China
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Shi ZJ, Xu LZJ, Wu D, Cheng YF, Zhang FY, Liao SM, Zhang ZZ, He MM, Jin RC. Anammox granule as new inoculum for start-up of anaerobic sulfide oxidation (ASO) process and its reverse start-up. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 217:279-288. [PMID: 30419382 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The feasibility of implementing anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) granules to start up high-loading anaerobic sulfide oxidation (ASO) in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor was investigated. An innovation method of the reverse start-up of anammox was also validated. Firstly, the reactor was operated to treat sulfide-rich wastewaters into which nitrite was introduced as an electron acceptor. An high-rate performance with sulfide and nitrate removal rates of 105.5 ± 0.11 kg S m-3 d-1 and 28.45 ± 3.40 kg N m-3 d-1, respectively, was accomplished. Sulfurovum were enriched with the increase of the substrate load and then conquered Candidatus Kuenenia to be the predominant bacteria. Excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy showed that the intensities of fluorescence decreased and protein-like substrates were the main components associated with the process of start-up. FT-IR analysis found that the main functional groups indicator were O-H groups. Secondly, the reverse start-up of anammox (achieving 90% TN removal) was achieved immediately when the substrate changed. 16S rRNA analysis indicated the successfully enrichment of anammox bacteria (Candidatus Kuenenia). These results suggest that anammox granules can act as inoculum of high-loading ASO process and the reverse start-up provides a new perspective for the fast initiation of anammox process.
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- Zhi-Jian Shi
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China; Key Laboratory of Hangzhou City for Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China; Key Laboratory of Hangzhou City for Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China; Key Laboratory of Hangzhou City for Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China; Key Laboratory of Hangzhou City for Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China; Key Laboratory of Hangzhou City for Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China; Key Laboratory of Hangzhou City for Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China.
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China; Key Laboratory of Hangzhou City for Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China.
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Qian J, Zhang M, Pei X, Zhang Z, Niu J, Liu Y. A novel integrated thiosulfate-driven denitritation (TDD) and anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) process for biological nitrogen removal. Biochem Eng J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2018.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Pan J, Ma J, Wu H, Ren Y, Fu B, He M, Zhu S, Wei C. Simultaneous removal of thiocyanate and nitrogen from wastewater by autotrophic denitritation process. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 267:30-37. [PMID: 30007236 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Pollutants containing sulfur as electron donors will play an important role in the energy-saving denitritation process when organic carbon source was insufficient in wastewater. However, thiocyanate (SCN-), a hazardous pollutant, has not been characterized in denitritation. In this study, the effects of key environmental factors on removal of thiocyanate and nitrogen were investigated in denitritation. The results showed that the maximum removal efficiency of nitrogen was observed in complete removal of thiocyanate and nitrite. The elemental sulfur was observed prior to complete depletion of thiocyanate. The efficiency of denitritation was promoted by NaHCO3 and weakly-alkaline environment. In the sludge containing dominant Thiobacillus genus, nitrite was reduced in the conversion of thiocyanate into elemental sulfur and further into sulfate. The stoichiometric ratio of NO2--N to SCN--N was close to 2.0 when thiocyanate was converted completely into sulfate, which verified complete removal of thiocyanate and nitrite at the NO2--N/SCN--N ratio of 2.0.
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- Jianxin Pan
- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Biosciences and Biopharmaceutics, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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Comparison of performance and microbial communities in a bioelectrochemical system for simultaneous denitrification and chromium removal: Effects of pH. Process Biochem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2018.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Qian J, Zhang M, Wu Y, Niu J, Chang X, Yao H, Hu S, Pei X. A feasibility study on biological nitrogen removal (BNR) via integrated thiosulfate-driven denitratation with anammox. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 208:793-799. [PMID: 29906753 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
To exploit the advantages of less electron donor consumptions in partial-denitrification (denitratation, NO3- → NO2-) as well as less sludge production in autotrophic denitrification (AD) and anammox, a novel biological nitrogen removal (BNR) process through combined anammox and thiosulfate-driven denitratation was proposed here. In this study, the ratio of S2O32--S/NO3--N and pH are confirmed to be two key factors affecting the thiosulfate-driven denitratation activity and nitrite accumulation. Simultaneous high denitratation activity and substantial nitrite accumulation were observed at initial S2O32--S/NO3--N ratio of 1.5:1 and pH of 8.0. The optimal pH for the anammox reaction is determined to be 8.0. A sequential batch reactor (SBR) and an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor were established to proceed the anammox and the high-rate thiosulfate-driven denitratation, respectively. Under the ambient temperature of 35 °C, the total nitrogen removal efficiency and capacity are 73% and 0.35 kg N/day/m3 in the anammox-SBR. At HRT of 30 min, the NO3- removal efficiency could achieve above 90% with the nitrate-to-nitrite transformation ratio of 0.8, implying the great potential to apply the thiosulfate-driven denitratation & anammox system for BNR with minimal sludge production. Without the occurrence of denitritation (NO2- → N2O → N2), theoretically no N2O could be emitted from this BNR system. This study could shed light on how to operate a high rate BNR system targeting to electron donor and energy savings as well as biowastes minimization and greenhouse gas reductions.
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- Jin Qian
- Research and Development Institute in Shenzhen & School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China; State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, China.
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- Research and Development Institute in Shenzhen & School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
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- Research and Development Institute in Shenzhen & School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
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- Research and Development Institute in Shenzhen & School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
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- Research and Development Institute in Shenzhen & School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
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- Research and Development Institute in Shenzhen & School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
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- Research and Development Institute in Shenzhen & School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, China; School of Environment, Chengdu University of Technology, China.
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