Biomass characteristics in three sequencing batch reactors treating a wastewater containing synthetic organic chemicals

The physical and biochemical characteristics of the biomass in three lab-scale sequencing batch reactors (SBR) treating a synthetic wastewater at a 20-day target solids retention time (SRT) were investigated. The synthetic wastewater feed contained biogenic compounds and 22 organic priming compounds, chosen to represent a wide variety of chemical structures with different N, P and S functional groups. At a two-day hydraulic retention time (HRT), the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) cycled between -100 (anoxic) and 100 mV (aerobic) in the anoxic/aerobic SBR, while it remained in a range of 126+/-18 and 249+/-18 mV in the aerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) and the aerobic SBR reactor, respectively. A granular activated sludge with excellent settleability (SVI=98+/-31 L mg(-1)) developed only in the anoxic/aerobic SBR, compared to a bulky sludge with poor settling characteristics in the aerobic SBR and SBBR. While all reactors had very good COD removal (>90%) and displayed nitrification, substantial nitrogen removal (74%) was only achieved in the anoxic/aerobic SBR. During the entire operational period, benzoate, theophylline and 4-chlorophenol were completely removed in all reactors. In contrast, effluent 3-nitrobenzoate was recorded when its influent concentration was increased to 5 mg L(-1) and dropped only to below 1 mg L(-1) after 300 days of operation. The competent (active) biomass fractions for these compounds were between 0.04% and 5.52% of the total biomass inferred from substrate-specific microbial enumerations. The measured competent biomass fractions for 4-chlorophenol and 3-nitrobenzoate degradation were significantly lower than the influent COD fractions of these compounds. Correspondent to the highest competent biomass fraction for benzoate degradation among the test SOCs, benzoate oxidation could be quantified with an extant respirometric technique, with the highest specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR(benzoate), 0.026 g O2 h(-1) g(-1) XCOD) in the anoxic/aerobic SBR. These combined results suggest that operating SBRs with alternative anoxic/aerobic cycles might facilitate the formation of granular sludge with good settleability, and retain comparable removal of nitrogen and synthetic organic compounds. Hence, the practice of anoxic/aerobic cycling should be considered in wastewater treatment systems whenever possible.     

(AO)2-SBBR反硝化除磷工艺处理低碳城市污水

低碳源浓度城市污水的脱氮除磷一直是个难题，为此在AO-SBBR工艺中引入一个缺氧段而形成（AO）2-SBBR工艺，研究了AO-SBBR和（AO）2-SBBR对低碳源浓度城市污水中氮、磷的去除效果。试验结果表明：在进水BOD5／TN=3、BOD5／TP=17的情况下，（AO）2-SB．BR工艺比AO-SBBR工艺具有更好的同步脱氮除磷效果，对总磷的去除率达到了79．8％，对总氮的去除率从25．83％提高到51．26％，出水水质达到了《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》的一级标准。该工艺有效解决了低碳源浓度城市污水在同步脱氮除磷过程中有机物不足的问题，并在单一反应器中实现了反硝化除磷菌的增殖过程，反硝化除磷菌占聚磷菌的比例从14．82％增长到63．04％；反硝化除磷菌能够以低浓度的亚硝酸盐氮作为电子受体进行缺氧吸磷，如亚硝酸盐氮〉10mg／L则会抑制反硝化除磷菌的活性，而且这种抑制作用并不是瞬时的，至少要持续一段时间其活性才能恢复。     

SBR工艺对低碳量城市污水的反硝化除磷研究

广州地区的城市污水含碳量低，碳、氮、磷浓度比例失调，采用传统工艺处理很难达到理想的脱氮除磷效果，为此采用SBR工艺对其进行处理，考察了该工艺的反硝化除磷效果。结果表明，在厌氧／缺氧／好氧的运行模式下，采用逐步增加缺氧段运行时间的方法可有效提高污泥的反硝化除磷性能；在试验进水水质条件下，反应器厌氧运行30min、缺氧运行3h、好氧运行1h可保证对磷的稳定高效去除，出水TP〈1mg／L；ORP值无法指示缺氧反硝化与吸磷过程，pH值可作为缺氧吸磷结束的指示参数，而ORP和pH值均可作为好氧吸磷结束的控制参数。     

短程硝化/厌氧氨氧化联合工艺处理含氨废水的研究

在SBR中接种普通好氧活性污泥,通过控制运行条件来实现短程硝化,同时提高厌氧生物转盘系统中厌氧氨氧化的氮负荷,使之与SBR出水中NO2--N的积累量相匹配,并将二者组合形成短程硝化/厌氧氨氧化自养脱氮工艺.处理含氨废水的试验结果表明:在SBR的进水NH4+-N为150～250 mg/L、温度为(28±2)℃、pH值为7～8、DO<1 mg/L的条件下,可实现稳定的短程硝化,NO2--N积累率达85%以上,NH4+-N负荷达0.129 kgN/(kgVSS·d),AOB和NOB的数量之比为103:1.将短程硝化出水加入NH4+-N后作为厌氧氨氧化反应器的进水,在(40±1)℃下可以达到自养脱氮的目的,对NH4+-N、NO2--N和TN的去除率分别达86%、97%和90%以上,TN容积负荷为0.488 kgN/(m3·d).     

好氧颗粒污泥技术用于味精废水处理的研究

以厌氧颗粒污泥为接种污泥,采用人工模拟废水在SBR反应器内培养好氧颗粒污泥,35 d后颗粒污泥成熟,反应器对COD和NH4+-N的去除率分别高于95%和99%。采用该反应器处理味精废水,当COD、NH4+-N的容积负荷分别为2.4、0.24 kg/(m3.d)时,对COD、NH4+-N和TN的去除率分别在90%、99%和85%左右,且颗粒污泥未出现解体的现象。以厌氧颗粒污泥为接种污泥、味精废水为进水,在与上述相同条件下培养好氧颗粒污泥,经过60 d的培养,反应器内的污泥以絮状污泥为主,该系统对COD、NH4+-N和TN的去除率分别为85%、99%和70%。     

低溶解氧下微膨胀污泥对污染物的去除性能

维持SBR反应器好氧段的平均DO为0.30 mg/L,采用好氧/缺氧的运行方式研究了微膨胀污泥在低溶解氧状态下去除污染物的效果.结果表明:在丝状菌污泥微膨胀状态下反应器的除污效果仍较好,出水SS含量很低,对COD、氨氮的去除率分别可达80%、90%以上,同时可以节省曝气量约25%.可见,在低溶解氧状态下采用微膨胀活性污泥处理生活污水是可行的.     

短好氧泥龄下A2/O和BAF联合工艺的脱氮除磷特性

采用小试装置,研究了短好氧污泥龄下A2/O和BAF联合工艺处理低C/N和C/P污水时的脱氮除磷特性.结果表明,通过提高A2/O工艺段的厌氧区有机负荷和缺氧区硝酸盐负荷对反硝化聚磷菌（DPAOs）进行选择和强化后,其在聚磷菌（PAOs）中的比例维持在28%左右,工艺具有部分反硝化除磷能力,能够减少脱氮除磷过程中对碳源的总需求量.但在联合工艺中,好氧除磷仍是主要的除磷方式.在A2/O工艺段内,好氧污泥龄在满足好氧PAOs存活的同时,还必须满足抑制硝化细菌生长的要求,且为了保证工艺对磷的整体去除效果,混合液在好氧区的接触时间须大于30 min.此外,以保证缺氧区出水中含有1～4 mg/L的硝态氮为原则来控制BAF出水的回流量,可达到较好的脱氮除磷效果.该联合工艺结合了活性污泥工艺和生物膜工艺的优点,运行稳定,出水水质优良,不仅适合于新建污水处理厂,也特别适合于不能脱氮除磷污水处理厂的技术改造.     

SBR系统同步脱氮除磷好氧颗粒污泥的培养

以普通絮状活性污泥为种泥,采用人工配制的模拟生活污水,在序批式反应器(SBR)中成功地培养出了具有同步脱氮除磷功能的好氧颗粒污泥.研究表明,通过提高COD负荷和逐步减少污泥沉降时间以造成选择压,可促进颗粒污泥的形成.成熟的颗粒污泥形态完整、结构致密、表面光滑、外观呈橙黄色,为近似球形或椭球形,粒径大多在0.5～1.0 mm之间,污泥体积指数为27.0 mL/g,MLSS为6 800 mg/L.该颗粒污泥对NH4 -N的去除率接近100%,对COD和PO3-4-P的平均去除率均在80%以上,而且颗粒污泥中的微生物种群具有多样性,所形成的微生态系统更稳定,抗外界干扰及自身恢复调节能力较强.     

Effectiveness of an alternating aerobic, anoxic/anaerobic strategy for maintaining biomass activity of BNR sludge during long-term starvation

The effectiveness of an aerobic, anoxic/anaerobic strategy for maintaining the activity of activated sludge performing biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal during long-term starvation is investigated. A lab-scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treating abattoir wastewater and achieving high-levels (>95%) of nitrogen, phosphorus and COD removal was used. The reactor was put twice into a so-called "sleeping mode" for a period of 5-6 weeks when the abattoir, where the wastewater was sourced, was closed down for annual maintenance. The "sleeping mode" operation consisted of 15 min aeration in a 6 h SBR cycle. The sludge was allowed to settle in the remaining time of the cycle. The decay rates for ammonia oxidising bacteria (AOB) and nitrite oxidising bacteria (NOB) were determined to be 0.017 and 0.004 d(-1), respectively. These decay rates correlated well with AOB and NOB population quantified using molecular techniques (FISH). There was negligible phosphate accumulation in the reactor during the first 1-2 weeks of starvation, which was followed by a linear net release of phosphate in the remaining 4-5 weeks at a very slow rate of 1-2 mgP gVSS(-1)d(-1). A sudden decrease in the aerobic activities of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs), observed via anaerobic/aerobic batch tests, occurred after 2 weeks of starvation. This correlated with a dramatic increase of several metal ions in the liquid phase. The underlying reasons are not clear. A resuscitation period with a gradual increase of the wastewater load was applied during the re-startup of the reactor after both "sleeping mode" periods. Each time, the performance of the reactor in terms of nitrogen and phosphorus removal fully recovered in 4 days.     

Biological nitrogen removal with enhanced phosphate uptake in a sequencing batch reactor using single sludge system

Simultaneous biological phosphorus and nitrogen removal with enhanced anoxic phosphate uptake was investigated in an anaerobic-aerobic-anoxic-aerobic sequencing batch reactor ((AO)2 SBR). Significant amounts of phosphorus-accumulation organisms (PAOs) capable of denitrification could be accumulated in a single sludge system coexisting with nitrifiers. The ratio of the anoxic phosphate uptake to the aerobic phosphate uptake capacity was increased from 11% to 64% by introducing an anoxic phase in an anaerobic aerobic SBR. The (AO)2 SBR system showed stable phosphorus and nitrogen removal performance. Average removal efficiencies of TOC, total nitrogen, and phosphorus were 92%, 88%, and 100%, respectively. It was found that nitrite (up to 10 mg NO2(-)-N/l) was not detrimental to the anoxic phosphate uptake and could serve as an electron acceptor like nitrate. In fact, the phosphate uptake rate was even faster in the presence of nitrite as an electron acceptor compared to the presence of nitrate. It was found that on-line sensor values of pH, ORP, and DO were somehow related with the dynamic behaviours of nutrient concentrations (NH4+, NO3-, and PO4(3-)) in the SBR. These on-line sensor values were used as real-time control parameters to adjust the duration of each operational phase in the (AO)2 SBR. The real-time controlled SBR exhibited better performance in the removal of phosphorus and nitrogen than the SBR with fixed-time operation.     

好氧颗粒污泥发生丝状菌污泥膨胀的控制措施

在SBR反应器内接种好氧颗粒污泥,经驯化后对人工模拟废水的处理效果良好。考察了培养过程中污泥形态的变化以及发生丝状菌污泥膨胀时反应器对污染物的去除效果,并探讨了丝状菌在污泥颗粒化过程中的作用以及控制丝状菌污泥膨胀的方法。结果表明,丝状菌污泥膨胀对COD的去除率有影响,但对去除NH3-N、TP的效果影响不大。通过增加反应器内的水力剪切力对控制丝状菌污泥膨胀有一定的效果,而减小C/N值,均衡进水中的营养可从根本上解决污泥膨胀问题。成熟的好氧颗粒污泥的MLSS约为3 000 mg/L,沉降性能较好,SVI为77 mL/g;对COD、NH3-N、TP均具有较高的去除率,分别达到94.52%9、5%9、0%左右。     

A~2/O~2生物膜工艺处理焦化废水研究

采用A~2/O~2生物膜工艺处理焦化废水,分别考察了厌氧(A_1)、缺氧(A_2)、一级好氧(O_1)和二级好氧(O_2)反应器对污染物的去除效果.在A_1、A_2、O_1和O_2反应器的HRT分别为15.5、15、12、12 h,水温为20～30℃,pH值为7.0～9.5,回流比为3.0的条件下,各反应器对COD的平均去除率分别为31.0%、27.6%、48.1%和8.2%;在A1中NH_3-N浓度增加了25.2%,A_2、O_1、O_2反应器对NH_3-N的平均去除率分别为6.2%、46.7%和76.7%;系统出水COD、NH_3-N的平均浓度分别为227、11.5 mg/L,对COD、NH_3-N的平均去除率分别为87.2%、94.1%.     

污泥减量工艺:HA-A/A-MCO的好氧脱氮机制分析

针对污泥减量技术存在对氮、磷去除能力低的问题,开发了一种具有强化脱氮除磷功能并可实现污泥减量化的HA-A/A-MCO工艺。在该工艺取得同步脱氮除磷和污泥减量优异效果的条件下,采用其处理校园生活污水,当进水TN平均为47 mg/L时,出水TN为10.9 mg/L,系统的总脱氮率为76.8%,其中好氧脱氮量占总脱氮量的50%,缺氧脱氮量占26%;HA-A/A-MCO系统存在着在好氧条件下具有反硝化能力的菌属,对好氧脱氮有一定贡献,且DO浓度对其反硝化能力没有抑制作用;好氧池中的DO浓度梯度有利于在污泥絮体内形成缺氧环境,从而促进同步硝化反硝化(SND)的发生,但减小污泥絮体尺寸会削弱絮体内部缺氧区域比例、降低SND的脱氮效率。     

SBR无厌氧段生物强化除磷的诱导研究

采用SBR工艺处理人工配水,考察了进水COD及氨氮浓度、C/N值、好氧时间对诱导无厌氧段生物强化除磷的影响.结果表明,当以醋酸钠为碳源、进水COD和氨氮分别为100和5mg/L、C/N值为20时,对在A/O运行方式下表现为厌氧释磷、好氧超量吸磷的SBR,逐渐缩短其厌氧时间且保持好氧时间为135 min后,好氧吸磷现象并不会消失,仅是吸磷量略有降低.该除磷现象的发生是系统微生物经过特定诱导的结果.     

Anaerobic/oxic/anoxic granular sludge process as an effective nutrient removal process utilizing denitrifying polyphosphate-accumulating organisms

In a biological nutrient removal (BNR) process, the utilization of denitrifying polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (DNPAOs) has many advantages such as effective use of organic carbon substrates and low sludge production. As a suitable process for the utilization of DNPAOs in BNR, an anaerobic/oxic/anoxic granular sludge (AOAGS) process was proposed in this study. In spite of performing aeration for nitrifying bacteria, the AOAGS process can create anaerobic/anoxic conditions suitable for the cultivation of DNPAOs because anoxic zones exist inside the granular sludge in the oxic phase. Thus, DNPAOs can coexist with nitrifying bacteria in a single reactor. In addition, the usability of DNPAOs in the reactor can be improved by adding the anoxic phase after the oxic phase. These characteristics enable the AOAGS process to attain effective removal of both nitrogen and phosphorus. When acetate-based synthetic wastewater (COD: 600 mg/L, NH4-N: 60 mg/L, PO(4)-P: 10 mg/L) was supplied to a laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactor under the operation of anaerobic/oxic/anoxic cycles, granular sludge with a diameter of 500 microm was successfully formed within 1 month. Although the removal of both nitrogen and phosphorus was almost complete at the end of the oxic phase, a short anoxic period subsequent to the oxic phase was necessary for further removal of nitrogen and phosphorus. As a result, effluent concentrations of NH(4)-N, NO(x)-N and PO(4)-P were always lower than 1 mg/L. It was found that penetration depth of oxygen inside the granular sludge was approximately 100 microm by microsensor measurements. In addition, from the microbiological analysis by fluorescence in situ hybridization, existence depth of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms was further than the maximum oxygen penetration depth. The water quality data, oxygen profiles and microbial community structure demonstrated that DNPAOs inside the granular sludge may be responsible for denitrification in the oxic phase, which enables effective nutrient removal in the AOAGS process.     

Effect of nitrite on phosphate uptake by phosphate accumulating organisms

In biological nitrogen removal processes, nitrite can be formed and accumulated through both nitrification and denitrification. Despite the fact that, in practice, biological phosphate removal (BPR) is often combined with biological nitrogen removal, there are only a few publications reporting the effect of nitrite on BPR. In this study, phosphate-accumulating organisms (PAO) were cultivated in an anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic sequencing batch reactor (SBR). The effect of nitrite on the enrichment of the sludge with PAO, the phosphate uptake rates and the sludge respiration was investigated. The results indicate that (1) presence of nitrite inhibits both aerobic and anoxic (denitrifying) phosphate uptake, (2) aerobic phosphate uptake was more affected than anoxic phosphate uptake, (3) presence of nitrite could be one of the factors enhancing the presence of glycogen accumulating organisms (GAO)--competitors to PAO for substrate in the anaerobic phase, and (4) it is required to monitor and control nitrite accumulation in a full-scale wastewater treatment plants.     

污泥调理废水的特性及其处理工艺

采用离子色谱法及化学分析法分析了污泥调理废水的水质特性,在氨吹脱及混凝试验的基础上开展了氨吹脱—厌氧—SBR工艺处理该废水的研究。结果表明,污泥调理废水是一种高浓度含氮有机废水,其中有机污染物主要以溶解态存在,不宜采用混凝处理。该废水具有较好的生物可降解性能,当HRT为24h、进水COD为8658.7~9650.3mg/L时,厌氧对COD的去除率可达62.1%,厌氧/好氧交替运行的SBR对COD、氨氮的去除率分别为92.1%、88.4%。动态运行结果显示,氨吹脱—厌氧—SBR工艺对该废水水质具有良好的适应性,处理出水水质能稳定地达到GB8978—1996的二级标准。     

低DO浓度下A/O型SBR工艺除污性能研究

为了研究低DO浓度下对污染物的去除效果,采用SBR反应器,通过缺氧/好氧(A/O)的运行方式,考察了好氧段DO的平均值为1 mg/L时系统的除污效果,同时与好氧段DO平均值为2mg/L时系统的除污效果进行了对比.结果表明:在低DO浓度下,SBR工艺出水COD < 40mg/L,系统对COD的去除率在90%左右,对COD的去除效果略高于正常DO值条件下的;低DO浓度下,系统对氨氮的去除率在90%左右,对氨氮的去除效果低于正常DO值条件下的,但出水氛氮仍可保持在5 mg/L左右;系统的硝化反应速度较慢,反应结束时亚硝酸盐氮积累率为37%;NO--N生成速率与NH+-N氧化速率之比与DO浓度呈较好的线性关系;DO浓度对正磷酸盐的去除效果影响较小,系统对正磷酸盐的去除率＞90%,出水正磷酸盐浓度＜0.5mg/L;出水非常清澈,镜检可见丝状菌.     

SBR法处理低碳城市污水的除磷规律

碳、氮、磷比例失调(碳量偏低)城市污水的脱氮除磷一直是个难题,为此采用SBR法处理广州地区低碳城市污水,研究了生物除磷效果及其影响因素。结果表明,磷的出水浓度<0.5mg/L,并指出污泥龄及DO是影响除磷效果的关键因素。     

喷射环流反应器同步硝化反硝化机理的研究

喷射环流反应器在好氧条件下具有良好的脱氮性能,其对氨氮和总氮的去除率分别达到80%和70%以上,且两者的去除率成正比.试验测定了反应器出水中NOx^--N的含量,结果表明出水中的氮主要以氨氮和亚硝酸盐氮的形式存在,证明该反应器在硝化过程中实现了对亚硝酸盐的积累.反应器的脱氮效果随进水C/N值的增加而提高,证明了异养硝化细菌的存在.对废水处理过程中产生的废气进行气相色谱分析,结果表明废气中氮气的含量比空气的增加了0.24%,证明反应器中发生了反硝化反应.综合试验结果表明,喷射环流反应器中的脱氮机理为亚硝酸盐型同步硝化反硝化.