Journal
PETROLEUM SCIENCE
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 1411-1421Publisher
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-020-00499-x
Keywords
Biochar; Petroleum refinery wastewater; Petroleum activated sludge; Granular sludge; Denitrifying bacteria
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- Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum-Beijing, China [2462018BJB001, 2462020XKJS04]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, China [21776307]
- Independent Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China [PPCIP2017004]
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Aerobic granular sludge technology has great potential for the treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater. However, strategies to shorten the granulation time and improvement the stability still need to be developed. In this work, biochar was prepared from waste petroleum activated sludge (biochar-WPS) and used in a sequencing batch reactor for the treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater. Biochar-WPS presented the surface area of 229.77 m(2)/g, pore volume of 0.28 cm(3)/g, H/C and O/C atomic ratios of 0.42 and 0.21, respectively. The porous structure and a high degree of hydrophilicity were found to facilitate microbial colonization and adhesion as well as particle aggregation. Application of biochar-WPS resulted in the formation of more substantial and stable aerobic granules (similar to 66% of granules > 0.46 mm diameter) 15 days earlier compared with the control. The addition of biochar-WPS enhanced the average removal efficiency of chemical organic demand (similar to 3%), oil (similar to 4%) and total nitrogen (similar to 10%) over the control. Increased microbial richness and diversity were observed within the formed granules and had an increased (similar to 4%) proportion of denitrifying bacteria. These results indicate that an aerobic granulation mechanism using biochar-WPS is a feasible option for the treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater.
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