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The effects of thiosulfinates on methane production from anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and food waste and mitigate method.
Tao, Z, Wang, D, Yao, F, Huang, X, Wu, Y, Du, M, Chen, Z, An, H, Li, X, Yang, Q
Journal of hazardous materials. 2020;:121363
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Thiosulfinates, a natural antibiotic, existed in all parts of Allium, therefore might be accumulated in large amounts in food waste (FW). FW was often added into waste activated sludge (WAS) anaerobic digestion process as a kind of supplement for nutrition balance. However, the impact of thiosulfinates on methane production and the possible approach to mitigate its inhibition on the co-digestion process could be available in few literatures. This work was carried out in a series of batch experiment at pH 7.0 ± 0.2 and 35 ± 1.0 ℃ to promote the further understanding of this process. The experimental results showed that the methane accumulation decreased from 270.6 ± 13.4 to 16.7 ± 7.0 mL/g VSS (volatile suspended solids) when the initial concentration of thiosulfinates increased from 0 to 2.5 μg/g VSS. The activities of functional enzymes (F420 and CoM) were inhibited by 99.06% and 99.82% compared with control group when reactor contained 2.5 μg/g VSS thiosulfinates. Furthermore, different temperature, pH, and combination pretreat were applied to impair the inhibition of thiosulfinate. Compared with no pretreatment group, methane yield was increased by 2.26, 32.18 and 42.2-fold, respectively which group was under pretreatment method of heat (100 ℃), alkali (pH 9) and combination.
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Enhancement of COD, ammonia, phosphate and sulfide simultaneous removal by the anaerobic photosynthetic bacterium of Ectothiorhodospira magna in batch and sequencing batch culture.
Zhao, X, Li, X, Qi, N, Fu, Z, Chen, M, Jiang, B, Hu, X
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research. 2018;(9):1852-1860
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An anaerobic photosynthetic bacterium, with chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), total phosphorus (TP) and sulfide (S2-) simultaneous removal ability, strain SU6, was isolated and identified as belonging to Ectothiorhodospira magna. Its removal efficiencies were simultaneously evaluated in batch culture and influenced in sequencing batch culture. The maximum COD, NH3-N, TP and S2- removal rates of 93.04%, 86.70%, 37.55% and 99.99% were obtained in batch culture with an initial pH 8.0 at 35 °C after 72 h. The simultaneous removal efficiency was enhanced in sequencing batch culture, and 789.27 mg/L COD, 68.91 mg/L NH3-N, 70.20 mg/L S2- and 5.26 mg/L TP were removed by the end of the last cycle within 24 h. This was the first time of reporting contaminants' simultaneous removal by a pure-cultured photosynthetic bacterium. The experimental results demonstrate that E. magna can efficiently serve as a good candidate in anaerobic wastewater contaminants' simultaneous removal, and maybe as another model anaerobic photosynthetic microorganism for water purification investigations.
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Effect of acetate to glycerol ratio on enhanced biological phosphorus removal.
Yang, G, Wang, D, Yang, Q, Zhao, J, Liu, Y, Wang, Q, Zeng, G, Li, X, Li, H
Chemosphere. 2018;:78-86
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Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is a sustainable and promising technology for phosphorus removal from wastewater. The efficiency of this technology, however, is often discounted due to the insufficient carbon sources in influent. In this work, the effect of acetate to glycerol ratio on the EBPR performance was evaluated. The experimental results showed when the ratio of acetate to glycerol decreased from 100/0% to 50/50%, the EBPR efficiency increased from 90.2% to 96.2%. Further decrease of acetate to glycerol ratio to 0/100% decreased the efficiency of EBPR to 30.5%. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis demonstrated appropriate increase of glycerol benefited to increase the relative abundance of phosphate accumulating organisms. Further investigation revealed the proper addition of glycerol increased the amount of polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis, and then produced sufficient energy for oxic luxury phosphorus in the subsequent oxic phase.
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A review: Driving factors and regulation strategies of microbial community structure and dynamics in wastewater treatment systems.
Chen, Y, Lan, S, Wang, L, Dong, S, Zhou, H, Tan, Z, Li, X
Chemosphere. 2017;:173-182
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The performance and stabilization of biological wastewater treatment systems 1are closely related to the microbial community structure and dynamics. In this paper, the effects and mechanisms of influent composition, process configuration, operating parameters (dissolved oxygen [DO], pH, hydraulic retention time [HRT] and sludge retention time [SRT]) and environmental condition (temperature) to the change of microbial community structure and process performance (nitrification, denitrification, biological phosphorus removal, organics mineralization and utilization, etc.) are critically reviewed. Furthermore, some strategies for microbial community structure regulation, mainly bioaugmentation, process adjustment and operating parameters optimization, applied in the current wastewater treatment systems are also discussed. Although the recent studies have strengthened our understanding on the relationship between microbial community structure and wastewater treatment process performance, how to fully tap the microbial information, optimize the microbial community structure and maintain the process performance in wastewater treatment systems are still full of challenges.
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Effect of initial pH control on biological phosphorus removal induced by the aerobic/extended-idle regime.
Wang, D, Zheng, W, Liao, D, Li, X, Yang, Q, Zeng, G
Chemosphere. 2013;(8):2279-87
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Recently, it has been reported that biological phosphorus removal (BPR) can be induced by an aerobic/extended-idle (AEI) regime. This study further investigated the effect of initial pH ranging from 6.6 to 8.2 on BPR in the AEI process, and compared the BPR performance between the AEI and the anaerobic/oxic (A/O) regimes under their optimal initial pH value. Experimental results firstly showed that phosphorus removal linearly increased with initial pH increasing from 6.6 to 7.8, but slightly decreased when initial pH increased from 7.8 to 8.2. The optimal initial pH should be controlled at 7.8, and the phosphorus removal at initial pH 7.8 was approximately 1.7-time than that at initial pH 6.6. The mechanism studies showed that the biomass cultured at initial pH 7.8 contained more polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs), lower glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs), and had higher activities of exopolyphosphatase and polyphosphate kinase than that cultured at initial pH 6.6. Cyclic studies revealed that initial pH control affected the transformations of intracellular polyhydroxyalkanoates and glycogen, which might thereby influence microbial competition between PAOs and GAOs. Then, BPR performance between the AEI and the A/O regimes by adjusting initial pH at 7.8 was also compared. The results showed the AEI regime could drive a better BPR than the generally accepted A/O regime (98% vs 88%). Finally, controlling initial pH at 7.8 to promote BPR in the AEI process was confirmed for a municipal wastewater.
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[Effect of magnesium ion content on the biological phosphorus removal system in SBR].
Li, X, Gao, DW, Liu, L
Huan jing ke xue= Huanjing kexue. 2011;(7):2036-40
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This study investigated the effect of magnesium iron content on the enhanced biological phosphorus removal system, which performed differently at magnesium content of 0 mg/L, 8 mg/L and 24 mg/L (R1-R3). The results indicated appropriate Mg addition could enrich phosphorus accumulating organisms and keep stable running. During the steady state period, phosphorus removal rate declined to below 50% gradually, moreover, the system tended to deteriorate with the shortage of magnesium in R1. However, the system with appropriate magnesium kept the higher phosphorus removal rate (more than 90%). The statistical analysis of the experimental data also showed a strong correlation between Mg and phosphorus concentrations in R2 and R3, the ratios of Mg and P were 0.29-0.59 and 0.25-0.54 in two reactors respectively. In the anaerobic phase of EBPR, the magnesium content, the absolute value of ORP and the phosphates release had a correlation. Meanwhile, magnesium was released together with phosphates in the anaerobic phase, and that would uptake under aerobic conditions. Thus it was obvious that magnesium played a key role on the biological phosphorus removal system.
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Ammonium and potassium removal for anaerobically digested wastewater using natural clinoptilolite followed by membrane pretreatment.
Guo, X, Zeng, le L, Li, X, Park, HS
Journal of hazardous materials. 2008;(1):125-33
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On the basis of the wastewater characteristic of anaerobically digested wastewater, this work studied the individual and simultaneous adsorption of ammonium and potassium ions by the natural clinoptilolite. Langmuir, Freundlich, Langmuir-Freundlich, and Toth model were employed to fit the experimental isotherm data and the fitting performances of different models were compared. Both the individual and simultaneous adsorption kinetics of ammonium and potassium were studied at various pHs and temperatures. The individual adsorption of ammonium was very fast and potassium uptake was even faster than that of ammonium. The adsorption approached equilibrium within 1h in most cases. Five models, including pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, Vermeulen's model, squared driving force model and Elovich equation were used to fit the individual and simultaneous adsorption kinetics of ammonium and potassium. The validities of the fittings for the ammonium and potassium adsorption kinetics were also evaluated.