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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 225, Issue -, Pages 73-82Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.012
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Partial nitritation; Low temperature; High-ammonium concentration; Polar arctic circle; Next-generation sequences techniques; Microbial community
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- Built Engineering Department at the University of Aalto, Finland
- Institute of Water Research at the University of Granada, Spain
- Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Granada, Spain
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A lab-scale partial nitritation SBR was operated at 11 degrees C for 300 days used for the treatment of high-ammonium wastewater, which was inoculated with activated sludge from Rovaniemi WWTP (located in Polar Arctic Circle) in order to evaluate the influence the temperature on the performance, stability and dynamics of its microbial community. The partial nitritation achieved steady-state long-term operation and granulation process was not affected despite the low temperature and high ammonia concentration. The steady conditions were reached after 60 days of operation where the granular biomass was fully-formed and the 50%-50% of ammonium-nitrite effluent was successful achieved. Inoculation with cold adapted inoculum showed to yield bigger, denser granules with faster start-up without necessity of low temperature adaptation period. Next-generation sequences techniques showed that Trichosporonaceae and Xanthomonadaceae were the dominant OTUs in the mature granules. Our study could be useful in the implementation of full-scale partial nitritation reactors in cold regions such as Nordic countries for treating wastewater with high concentration of ammonium. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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