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Zero valent iron supported biological denitrification for farmland drainage treatments with low organic carbon: Performance and potential mechanisms

Journal

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 689, Issue -, Pages 1044-1053

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.488

Keywords

Coupled system; Anaerobic microorganisms; Zero valent iron; Nitrogen removal; Microbial community structure; Enzyme activity

Funding

  1. National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars [51722902]
  2. Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of China [51421006]
  3. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2019B80814]
  4. Outstanding Youth Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China [BK20160038]
  5. PAPD

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In this work, the feasibility and performance of zero valent iron (ZVI) coupled anaerobic microorganisms in nitrogen removal under low organic carbon condition were investigated, through the comparison of mono-ZVI system and mono-cell system. Coupled system showed the highest total nitrogen (TN) removal efficiency of 67.85% with the addition of 15 g L (1) iron shavings at pH 7.0, which was higher than 29.62% in the mono-ZVI system and 43.86% in the mono-cell system. Besides, the activities of nitrate reductase (NAR), nitrite reductase (NIR), nitric oxide reductase (NOR) and nitrous oxide reductase (N2OR) were significantly improved at ZVI dosage of 15 g L-1 and pH 7.0, which contributed to the higher TN removal efficiency in coupled system. The extent of sludge granulation was greater in the coupled system than mono-cell system, which benefited to the high operational performance and stability of coupled system. The promoted generation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and formation of iron oxides in the coupled system also took advantages on nitrogen removal through adsorption. In addition, ZVI could largely enrich the functional species related to nitrogen removal in the system at phyla and genera level, which could be reasoned for the enhanced nitrogen removal efficiency. In conclusion, this study will improve the understandings of nitrogen removal in the coupled system and be useful to ensure the application of ZVI-supported biological process in the remediation of farmland drainage. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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