Start-up of a full-scale system for short-cut nitrification and Anammox in treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater.
- Author:
Shuang DING
;
Ping ZHENG
;
Zonghe ZHANG
;
Huifeng LU
;
Meng ZHANG
;
Datian WU
;
Zegao WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Ammonia;
chemistry;
Bioreactors;
Drug Industry;
Nitrification;
Nitrites;
chemistry;
Nitrogen;
chemistry;
Sewage;
microbiology;
Waste Disposal, Fluid;
methods;
Waste Water;
chemistry
- From:
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
2014;30(12):1889-1900
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
In order to broaden the application area of the new nitrogen removal technology, a full-scale system for short-cut nitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) was investigated in the nitrogen removal from a strong-ammonium pharmaceutical wastewater. When the influent ammonium concentration was (430.40 ± 55.43) mg/L, ammonia removal efficiency was (81.75 ± 9.10)%. The short-cut nitrification and Anammox system could successfully remove nitrogen from the pharmaceutical wastewater. The start-up of short-cut nitrification system took about 74 d and the nitrite accumulation efficiency was (52.11 ± 9.13)%, the two-step mode using synthetic wastewater and actual wastewater was suitable for the start-up of short-cut nitrification system. The start-up of Anammox system took about 145 d and the maximum volumetric nitrogen removal rate was 6.35 kg N/(m3·d), dozens of times higher than those for the conventional nitrification-denitrification process. The strategy achieving Anammox sludge by self-growth and biocatalyst addition was suitable for the start-up of Anammox system.
