Yang Y, Chen T, Zhang X, Qing C, Wang J, Yue Z, Liu H, Yang Z. Simultaneous removal of nitrate and phosphate from wastewater by siderite based autotrophic denitrification.
Chemosphere 2018;
199:130-137. [PMID:
29433026 DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.02.014]
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Abstract
The potential of simultaneous removal of nitrate and phosphate from wastewater by a single anaerobic Fe(II) oxidizing denitrifiers (the strain PXL1) was assessed using siderite biofilters under different influent TOC concentrations and hydraulic retention times (HRTs) over a 160-day trial. Higher TOC concentrations promoted NO3- removal, while there was no significant influence on PO43- removal. Lowering down HRT from 10 h to 5 h did not significantly influence NO3- and PO43- removal. The NO3- removal performance and microbial community structure in the biofilters indicated that NO3- was reduced to N2 by both strain PXL1 and heterotrophic Acidovorax delafieldii. Iron content analysis of the used siderite along the biofilters showed that PO43- removal was improved by the bio-oxidation of Fe(II) in siderite to Fe(III) via the strain PXL1. The coexistence of the strain PXL1 and natural siderite in nitrate-contaminated aquifers provides a practical technology for in situ remediation of nutrient contaminated waterbodies.
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