1 Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Jinjing Road 26#, Tianjin 300384, PR China.
2 Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Jinjing Road 26#, Tianjin 300384, PR China. Electronic address: jianbguo@163.com.
3 Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Effect of dissolved oxygen on simultaneous removal of ammonia, nitrate and phosphorus via biological aerated filter with sulfur and pyrite as composite fillers.

Bioresour Technol. 2019 Oct 28;296:122340

Authors: Li Y, Guo J, Li H, Song Y, Chen Z, Lu C, Han Y, Hou Y

Abstract

A biological aerated filter (BAF) with sulfur and pyrite as fillers were structured to simultaneously remove NH4+-N, NO3--N and PO43--P from secondary effluent. When dissolved oxygen (DO) was 1.2-1.5?mg/L, effluent concentration of NH4+-N, NO3--N and PO43--P were below 0.65, 0.47 and 0.18?mg/L, respectively. Meanwhile, Fe2+ production via decomposing pyrite could improve autotrophic denitrification performance. Besides, sulfur and pyrite autotrophic denitrification process (PAD and SAD) aligned with the Zero-order and First-order kinetics models, respectively, indicating that the sulfur had excellent capability of providing electron. Moreover, there was a positive correlation between the nitrogen removal performance and protein-like substances in extracellular polymeric substances. Bacterial community analysis suggested the nitrifiers and autotrophic denitrifiers were simultaneously enriched. Principal component analysis indicated that the DO concentration and type of electron donors impacted bacterial community. Consequently, BAF combined with PAD and SAD processes provides an alternative method to remove nutrients.

PMID: 31704601 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]