Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 216, Issue -, Pages 1-11Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.05.043
Keywords
Algae based reactor; Calcium carbonate; Iron; Wastewater treatment
Funding
- National Key Technology Support Program [2015BAB07B00]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51279207, 51309503, 51409267]
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The influences of iron and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) addition in wastewater treatments reactors performance were investigated. Adding different concentrations of Fe3+ (5, 10, 30 and 50 mmol/m(3)), iron and CaCO3 powder led to changes in algal characteristics and physico-chemical and microbiological properties. According to the investigation results, nutrient removal efficiency in algae based reactors was obviously increased by the addition of 10 mmol/m(3) Fe3+, iron (5 mmol/m(3)) and CaCO3 powder (0.2 g m (3)) and the removal efficiencies of BOD5, TN, and TP in Stage 2 were respectively increased by 28%, 8.9%, and 22%. The improvements in physico-chemical performances were verified by microbial community tests (bacteria quantity, activity and community measured in most probable number, extracellular enzymes activity, and Biolog Eco Plates). Microbial variations indicated the coexistence of Fe ions and carbonate-bicarbonate, which triggered the synergistic effect of physico-chemical action and microbial factors in algae based reactors. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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