Partial anammox achieved in full scale biofilm process for typical domestic wastewater treatment

doi:10.1007/s11783-021-1467-6

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2022, Vol. 16

Issue (3) : 33 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-021-1467-6

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Partial anammox achieved in full scale biofilm process for typical domestic wastewater treatment

Feng Hou^1,², Ting Zhang^1,², Yongzhen Peng^2,³, Xiaoxin Cao^1,²(

), Hongtao Pang^1,², Yanqing Shao^1,², Xianchun Lu^1,², Ju Yuan¹, Xi Chen⁴, Jin Zhang¹

¹. China Water Environment Group Co. Ltd., Beijing 101101, China
². National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Beijing 100124, China
³. Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
⁴. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

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Abstract

• A full scale biofilm process was developed for typical domestic wastewater treatment.

• The HRT was 8 h and secondary sedimentation tank was omitted.

• Candidatus Brocadia were enriched in the HBR with an abundance of 2.89%.

• Anammox enabled a stable ammonium removal of ~15% in the anoxic zone.

The slow initiation of anammox for treating typical domestic wastewater and the relatively high footprint of wastewater treatment infrastructures are major concerns for practical wastewater treatment systems. Herein, a 300 m³/d hybrid biofilm reactor (HBR) process was developed and operated with a short hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 8 h. The analysis of the bacterial community demonstrated that anammox were enriched in the anoxic zone of the HBR process. The percentage abundance of Candidatus Brocadia in the total bacterial community of the anoxic zone increased from 0 at Day 1 to 0.33% at Day 130 and then to 2.89% at Day 213. Based upon the activity of anammox bacteria, the removal of ammonia nitrogen (NH₄⁺-N) in the anoxic zone was approximately 15%. This showed that the nitrogen transformation pathway was enhanced in the HBR system through partial anammox process in the anoxic zone. The final effluent contained 12 mg/L chemical oxygen demand (COD), 0.662 mg/L NH₄⁺-N, 7.2 mg/L total nitrogen (TN), and 6 mg/L SS, indicating the effectiveness of the HBR process for treating real domestic wastewater.

Keywords Full scale Anammox Domestic wastewater Biofilm Candidatus Brocadia

Corresponding Author(s): Xiaoxin Cao

Issue Date: 13 July 2021

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Feng Hou,Ting Zhang,Yongzhen Peng, et al. Partial anammox achieved in full scale biofilm process for typical domestic wastewater treatment[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2022, 16(3): 33.

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Fig.1 The flow chart of the HBR system (a), the biological carriers in the anoxic zone showing biofilm attachment (b), biological community analysis showing the percentage abundance of anammox bacteria in the biofilm attached on the carriers sampled from the anoxic zone (c), and the side- and top-view of the full scale HBR system (d and e).

Fig.2 Contribution ratio for NH₄⁺-N removal in the anoxic zone (a) and NO₂^–-N concentration in the final effluent (b).

Fig.3 Removal results for NH₄⁺-N (a), TN (b), COD (c), TP (d), and SS (e) in the HBR process during the whole operation period. The solid symbols represent influent concentrations, the hollow symbols represent effluent concentrations, and the colored balls represent removal efficiencies.

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