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Pascual A, Álvarez JA, de la Varga D, Arias CA, Van Oirschot D, Kilian R, Soto M. Horizontal flow aerated constructed wetlands for municipal wastewater treatment: The influence of bed depth. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 908:168257. [PMID: 37924877 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168257] [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: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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The influence of bed depth on the performance of aerated horizontal constructed wetlands was investigated at the pilot plant scale. Two horizontal flow subsurface constructed wetlands (HF) intensified units of different bed depth (HF1: 0.90 m and HF2: 0.55 m, 0.8 m and 0.5 m water level, respectively) were fitted with forced aeration, while a third one (HFc, 0.55 m bed depth, 0.5 m water level) was used as control and not aerated. The three HF units were operated in parallel, receiving the same municipal wastewater pre-treated in a hydrolytic up-flow sludge blanket anaerobic digester. Applied surface loading rates (SLR) ranged from 20 to 80 g biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5)/m2·d and from 3.7 to 6.7 g total nitrogen (TN)/m2·d, while it ranges from 6 to 23 g BOD5/m2·d and from 1.1 to 1.7 g TN/m2·d in the control unit. Removal of total suspended solids (TSS) and BOD5 was usually close to a 100 % in all units, whilst chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal was higher for the HF1 unit (97 % on average, range of 96-99 %) than for HF2 (92 %, 82-98 %) and HFc (94 %, 86-99 %). TN removal reached on average 33 % (16-43 %) in HFc, 37 % (10-76 %) in HF2 and 51 % (21-79 %) in HF1. High TN removal required a longer aeration time for nitrification and higher effluent recirculation ratio to enhance denitrification. The results indicate that artificial aeration and a high bed depth allows to increase the SLR by a factor of 4 in HF1 but only by a factor of 2 in HF2.
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- A Pascual
- Department of Chemistry, University of A Coruña, Spain.
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- Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Denmark.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of A Coruña, Spain.
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Ahmad A, Senaidi AS. Sustainability for wastewater treatment: bioelectricity generation and emission reduction. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:48703-48720. [PMID: 36862299 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26063-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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This review covers the technological measures of a self-sustainable anaerobic up-flow sludge blanket (UASB) system compared with an aerobic activated sludge process (ASP) for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The ASP requires a huge amount of electricity and chemicals and also results in the emission of carbon. The UASB system, instead, is based on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and is associated with biogas production for cleaner electricity. WWTPs including the ASP system are not sustainable due to the massive financial power required for clean wastewater. When the ASP system was used, the amount of production was estimated to be 10658.98 tonnes CO2eq-d- of carbon dioxide. Whereas it was 239.19 tonnes CO2eq-d-1 with the UASB. The UASB system is advantageous over the ASP system as it has a high production of biogas, needs low maintenance, yields a low amount of sludge, and is also a source of electricity that can be used as a power source for the WWTPs. Also, the UASB system produces less biomass, and this helps in reducing costs and maintaining work. Moreover, the aeration tank of the ASP needs 60% of energy distribution; on the other hand, the UASB consumes less energy, approximately 3-11%.
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- Anwar Ahmad
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Architecture, University of Nizwa, PO 33 Postal Code 616, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman.
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Architecture, University of Nizwa, PO 33 Postal Code 616, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman
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Lai C, Sun Y, Guo Y, Cai Q, Yang P. A novel integrated bio-reactor of moving bed and constructed wetland (MBCW) for domestic wastewater treatment and its microbial community diversity. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2021; 42:2653-2668. [PMID: 31902307 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2019.1709904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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An MBBR and CW combo bio-reactor (MBCW) was designed as a novel hybrid process for simultaneous organic, nitrogen and phosphate removal through the long-term operation. The effect of the internal recycling rate (IRR), hydraulic retention time (HRT) and chemical oxygen demand/total nitrogen (C/N) ratio were all discussed, and the recommended values were 5:1, 12 h and >6, respectively. A higher C/N ratio was a key factor for achieving a higher TN removal. The mixed biocarrier system was realized by inoculating porous polymer carriers (PPC) and cylindrical polyethylene carriers (CPC) and achieving a higher organic biodegradation and nitrification rate compared to a single carrier system. Microorganism activities and plants' uptake or utilization both contributed to the nutrient removal in a constructed wetland. High-throughput sequencing results revealed an abundant microbial diversity and a distinct microbial distribution in the whole system where Flavobacterium (14.2%), Acinetobacter (12.87%) and Rhodobacter (10.83%) dominated on PPC, Terrimonas (8.88%), Reyranella (6.61%) and Rubinisphaera (5.63%) dominated on CPC, Comamonas (4.18%), Gemmobacter (4.02%) and Hydrogenophaga (3.97%) dominated on CWs, as well as Citrobacter (53.13%) on suspended floc.
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- Changmiao Lai
- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Gonzalo OG, Ruiz I, Soto M. Effect of different bypass rates and unit area ratio in hybrid constructed wetlands. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:40355-40369. [PMID: 32666454 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09982-9] [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: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study presents the performance of a hybrid constructed wetland (Bp(VF + HF)2:1) system which consists of an unsaturated vertical flow (VF) unit followed by a saturated down-flow unit simulating horizontal flow (HF) with HF/VF area ratio of 0.5 and influent bypass to the HF unit. Treating synthetic wastewater simulating municipal wastewater, optimum total nitrogen (TN) removal (57%) was reached at 39% bypass and surface loading rate (SLR) of 33 g BOD5/m2 day and 9.7 g TN/m2 day (overall system). On the other hand, treating actual municipal wastewater, the system reached 63% TN removal at 30% bypass and SLR of 18 g BOD5/m2 day and 4.7 g TN/m2 day. Surface removal rates reached 5.5 and 3.0 g TN/m2 day for synthetic and municipal wastewater. Surface nitrification rate in the VF unit was in the range of 5.0-7.4 and 3.6-3.8 g N/m2 day for synthetic and municipal wastewater, respectively, indicating a large effect of wastewater characteristics on the nitrification process. Infiltration rate in the VF unit remained high and far from clogging risk. Overall greenhouse gas emissions were 0.11 (N2O) and 0.41 (CH4) g/m2 day which corresponded to emissions factors (relative to total organic carbon and TN influent) of 0.7% (N2O) and 3.6% (CH4). Compared with a similar system with a different HF/VF area ratio of 2.0, organic matter and nitrogen removal efficiency was similar, but surface removal rates were about 3 times higher.
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- Omar Gael Gonzalo
- Department of Chemistry, University of A Coruña, Rúa da Fraga 10, 15008, A Coruña, Galiza, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of A Coruña, Rúa da Fraga 10, 15008, A Coruña, Galiza, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of A Coruña, Rúa da Fraga 10, 15008, A Coruña, Galiza, Spain.
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Influence of Pre-Hydrolysis on Sewage Treatment in an Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge BLANKET (UASB) Reactor: A Review. WATER 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/w11020372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) process has emerged as a promising high-rate anaerobic digestion technology for the treatment of low- to high-strength soluble and complex wastewaters. Sewage, a complex wastewater, contains 30–70% particulate chemical oxygen demand (CODP). These particulate organics degrade at a slower rate than the soluble organics found in sewage. Accumulation of non-degraded suspended solids can lead to a reduction of active biomass in the reactor and hence a deterioration in its performance in terms of acid accumulation and poor biogas production. Hydrolysis of the CODP in sewage prior to UASB reactor will ensure an increased organic loading rate and better UASB performance. While single-stage UASB reactors have been studied extensively, the two-phase full-scale treatment approach (i.e., a hydrolysis unit followed by an UASB reactor) has still not yet been commercialized worldwide. The concept of treating sewage containing particulate organics via a two-phase approach involves first hydrolyzing and acidifying the volatile suspended solids without losing carbon (as methane) in the first reactor and then treating the soluble sewage in the UASB reactor. This work reviews the available literature to outline critical findings related to the treatment of sewage with and without hydrolysis before the UASB reactor.
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Sun H, Yang Z, Wei C, Wu W. Nitrogen removal performance and functional genes distribution patterns in solid-phase denitrification sub-surface constructed wetland with micro aeration. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 263:223-231. [PMID: 29747099 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.04.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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An up-flow vertical flow constructed wetland (AC-VFCW) filled with ceramsite and 5% external carbon source poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) as substrate was set for nitrogen removal with micro aeration. Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification process was observed with 90.4% NH4+-N and 92.1% TN removal efficiencies. Nitrification and denitrification genes were both preferentially enriched on the surface of PHBV. Nitrogen transformation along the flow direction showed that NH4+-N was oxidized to NO3--N at the lowermost 10 cm of the substrate and NO3--N gradually degraded over the depth. AmoA gene was more enriched at -10 and -50 cm layers. NirS gene was the dominant functional gene at the bottom layer with the abundance of 2.05 × 107 copies g-1 substrate while nosZ gene was predominantly abundant with 7.51 × 106 and 2.64 × 106 copies g-1 substrate at the middle and top layer, respectively, indicating that functional division of dominant nitrogen functional genes forms along the flow direction in AC-VFCW.
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- Haimeng Sun
- Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China.
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Masi F, Rizzo A, Martinuzzi N, Wallace SD, Van Oirschot D, Salazzari P, Meers E, Bresciani R. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket and aerated constructed wetlands for swine wastewater treatment: a pilot study. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2017; 76:68-78. [PMID: 28708611 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2017.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Swine wastewater management is often affected by two main issues: a too high volume for optimal reuse as a fertilizer and a too high strength for an economically sustainable treatment by classical solutions. Hence, an innovative scheme has been tested to treat swine wastewater, combining a low cost anaerobic reactor, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB), with intensified constructed wetlands (aerated CWs) in a pilot scale experimental study. The swine wastewater described in this paper is produced by a swine production facility situated in North Italy. The scheme of the pilot plant consisted of: (i) canvas-based thickener; (ii) UASB; (iii) two intensified aerated vertical subsurface flow CWs in series; (iv) a horizontal flow subsurface CW. The influent wastewater quality has been defined for total suspended solids (TSS 25,025 ± 9,323 mg/l), organic carbon (chemical oxygen demand (COD) 29,350 ± 16,983 mg/l), total reduced nitrogen and ammonium (total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) 1,783 ± 498 mg/l and N-NH4+ 735 ± 251 mg/l) and total phosphorus (1,285 ± 270 mg/l), with nitrates almost absent. The overall system has shown excellent performances in terms of TSS, COD, N-NH4+ and TKN removal efficiencies (99.9%, 99.6%, 99.5%, and 99.0%, respectively). Denitrification (N-NO3- effluent concentration equal to 614 ± 268 mg/l) did not meet the Italian quality standards for discharging in water bodies, mainly because the organic carbon was almost completely removed in the intensified CW beds.
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- F Masi
- Iridra, Via La Marmora 51, 50121 Florence, Italy E-mail:
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- Iridra, Via La Marmora 51, 50121 Florence, Italy E-mail:
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- Iridra, Via La Marmora 51, 50121 Florence, Italy E-mail:
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- Naturally Wallace Consulting, 112 3rd Street S, Stillwater MN 55082, USA
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- Rietland AGRO, Van Aertselaerstraat 70, Mindehout 2322, Belgium
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- Iridra, Via La Marmora 51, 50121 Florence, Italy E-mail:
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- Laboratory Applied Environmental Chemistry, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Gent B-9000, Belgium
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- Iridra, Via La Marmora 51, 50121 Florence, Italy E-mail:
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