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Zheng R, Cheng X, Gao X, Zhang C, Cheng X, David Waite T. Iron-retrofitted anaerobic baffled reactor system for rural wastewater treatment: Stable performance of nutrients removal with phosphorus recovery and minimal sludge production. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 408:131179. [PMID: 39084532 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131179] [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: 06/05/2024] [Revised: 07/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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An iron-retrofitted anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) system was developed for the effective treatment of rural wastewater with reduced maintenance demand and aeration costs. Average removal efficiencies of chemical oxygen demand, total nitrogen and total phosphorus of 99.4%, 62.7% and 92.6% were achieved respectively, when the ABR system was operating at steady state. With effective bioreduction of FeIII in the anaerobic chambers, phosphorus was immobilized in the sludge as vivianite, the sole phosphorus-carrying mineral. The FeIII in the recirculated sludge induced Feammox in the ABR reactor, contributing 14.8% to total nitrogen removal. Biophase separation and enrichment of microorganisms associated with iron and nitrogen transformations were observed in the system after Fe dosing, which enhanced the removal of pollutants. The coupling of Feammox and vivianite crystallization to remove nitrogen and phosphorus in an iron-retrofitted ABR would appear to be a promising technology for rural wastewater treatment.
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- Ruoning Zheng
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Water Research Center, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Jucherski A, Walczowski A, Bugajski P, Operacz A. Reliability of organic and biogenic pollutant removal in selected technologies used in domestic wastewater treatment plants: A comparative analysis. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 354:120381. [PMID: 38359626 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120381] [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: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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The results of a comparative study of two different technological solutions applicable to decentralised domestic wastewater treatment systems are presented. A hybrid reactor with activated sludge and mobile biofilm carriers moving in wastewater is one of them, and an innovative quasi-technical combination of a biological reactor with a sprinkled bed filled with sintered clay granules, followed in the process line by an innovative slope type filtration bed, is the other one. The study has shown a significant advantage of filter bed installations in functional quality, expressed in low values of indicators and pollutant concentrations. In the comparison of technological reliability and probability of exceeding the requirement values of BOD5 = 40 mg/L, Facility 1 achieved technological reliability of 70% and probability of exceeding was 23%. Technological reliability of Facility 2 in this component was 100% and P = 0%. Both facilities presented 100% technological reliability in the COD indicators, with zero probability of exceeding the required value of 150 mg/L. The reliability of TSS removal was similarly high in both facilities: 91% and 100%. The higher functional quality of Facility 2 was evident in TN and PO4-P parameters, where the period of its operation with exceeded values did not exceed 20% and 13%, respectively, with a low probability of exceeding the value of 18% and 2.5%, respectively. However, Facility 1 was unreliable in this regard in 90% and 84%, with a very high probability of exceeding the required values of these parameters: 88% and 72%. This facility does not meet the required criteria in this respect and may cause a risk to the aquatic environment if wastewater is discharged directly into open watercourses, or if it enters shallow groundwater. The use of a suitable, biologically active soil-plant receiver can eliminate this risk.
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- Andrzej Jucherski
- Mountain Centre of Research, Implementations and Education in Tylicz, Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute in Falenty, 25A Pułaski Str., 33-383, Tylicz, Poland.
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- Mountain Centre of Research, Implementations and Education in Tylicz, Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute in Falenty, 25A Pułaski Str., 33-383, Tylicz, Poland.
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- Department of Sanitary Engineering and Water Management, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120, Kraków, Poland.
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- Department of Sanitary Engineering and Water Management, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120, Kraków, Poland.
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Song Z, Liao R, Zhang X, Su X, Wang M, Zeng H, Dong W, Sun F. Simultaneous methanogenesis and denitrification in an anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor for landfill leachate treatment: Ameliorative effect of rhamnolipids. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 245:120646. [PMID: 37748343 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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In this study, an anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor (AnMBBR) was developed for simultaneous methanogenesis and denitrification (SMD) to treat high-strength landfill leachate for the first time. A novel strategy using biosurfactant to ameliorate the inhibition of landfill leachate on the SMD performance was proposed and the underlying mechanisms were explored comprehensively. With the help of rhamnolipids, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency of landfill leachate was improved from 86.0% ± 2.9% to 97.5% ± 1.6%, while methane yields increased from 50.1 mL/g-COD to 69.6 mL/g-COD, and the removal efficiency of NO3--N was also slightly increased from 92.5% ± 1.9% to 95.6% ± 1.0%. The addition of rhamnolipids increased the number of live cells and enhanced the secretion of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and key enzyme activity, indicating that the inhibitory effect was significantly ameliorated. Methanogenic and denitrifying bacteria were enhanced by 1.6 and 1.1 times, respectively. Analysis of the microbial metabolic pathways demonstrated that landfill leachate inhibited the expression of genes involved in methanogenesis and denitrification, and that their relative abundance could be upregulated with the assistance of rhamnolipids addition. Moreover, extended Deraguin - Landau - Verwery - Oxerbeek (XDLVO) theory analysis indicated that rhamnolipids reduced the repulsive interaction between biofilms and pollutants with a 57.0% decrease in the energy barrier, and thus accelerated the adsorption and uptake of pollutants onto biofilm biomass. This finding provides a low-carbon biological treatment protocol for landfill leachate and a reliable and effective strategy for its sustainable application.
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- Zi Song
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, China; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, Department of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, Department of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, China; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, China; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, China; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, China; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518055, China; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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