Performance of an ANAMMOX reactor treating wastewater generated by antibiotic and starch production processes

doi:10.1007/s11783-012-0459-y

Front Envir Sci Eng

2012, Vol. 6

Issue (6) : 875-883 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-012-0459-y

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Performance of an ANAMMOX reactor treating wastewater generated by antibiotic and starch production processes

Hong YAO^1,2(

), Hao LIU¹, Yongmiao HE¹, Shujun ZHANG³, Peizhe SUN², Chinghua HUANG²

1. Department of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China; 2. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA; 3. Beijing Drainage Group Co. Ltd., Beijing 100056, China

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Abstract

A pilot-scale anaerobic ammonia oxidation (ANAMMOX) reactor was used to treat mixed wastewater resulting from a chlortetracycline and starch production process. The results, collected over the course of 272 days, show that the ratio of influent ammonium to nitrite, pH, and temperature can all affect the efficiency of nitrogen removal. The ratio of influent ammonium to nitrite was maintained at about 1:1 at a concentration below 200 mg·L^-1 for both influent ammonium and nitrite. The total nitrogen (TN) loading rate was 0.15–0.30 kgN·m^-3·d^-1, pH remained at 7.8–8.5, and temperature was recorded at 33±1°C. The rate of removal of ammonia, nitrite, and TN were over 90%, 90%, and 80%, and the effluent ammonium, nitrite and TN concentrations were below 50, 30, and 100 mg·L^-1.

Keywords anaerobic ammonia oxidation antibiotic and starch production ratio of ammonia to nitrite total nitrogen

Corresponding Author(s): YAO Hong,Email:yaohongts@163.com

Issue Date: 01 December 2012

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Hong YAO,Hao LIU,Yongmiao HE, et al. Performance of an ANAMMOX reactor treating wastewater generated by antibiotic and starch production processes[J]. Front Envir Sci Eng, 2012, 6(6): 875-883.

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Fig.1 Experimental set-up of the ANAMMOX reactor

Fig.2 Ammonia, nitrite, and TN load of the reactor influent

Fig.3 Reactor performances with respect to the removal of ammonia nitrogen

Fig.4 Reactor performance with respect to removal of nitrite nitrogen

Fig.5 Changes in the nitrate nitrogen production rate

Fig.6 Reactor performance with respect to the removal of TN

Fig.7 Reactor performance with respect to the removal of TN

Fig.8 Impact of pH and alkalinity on the reactor

Fig.9 Impact of sulfate on TN removal

Fig.10 Impact of COD concentration on the TN removal rate

Fig.11 Impact of influent compositions on TN removal rate

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