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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 24, Pages 36763-36772Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18645-w
Keywords
Oxygen transfer rate; Model simulation; Anaerobic ammonium oxidation; Complete ammonium autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON); Nitrogen removal; Precise oxygen-input control
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The single PN-A reactor is a cost-effective solution for nitrogen removal, but optimal control is challenging due to the interactive mechanisms among oxygen supply, dissolved oxygen concentration, and different bacterial species. A mathematical model was used to derive the optimal control variable, and an experimental reactor was operated to verify the model simulation results.
The single PN-A (partial nitrification-anammox) reactor offers a cost- effective solution for nitrogen removal. However, optimal control of the PN-A reactor is challenging due to the interactive mechanisms among the oxygen supply, bulk liquid DO (dissolved oxygen) concentration, and the balance of various functional bacterial species. In this study, a mathematical model was used to derive the optimal control variable for the maximum nitrogen removal, and an experimental PN-A reactor was operated to verify the model simulation results. The model simulation results indicate that the oxygen supply to the ammonium load ratio is the key factor to control the single-stage PN-A reactor for optimal TN removal. For optimal TN removal, the oxygen supply to the ammonium load ratio should be 1.9 mg O-2/mg N. The DO concentration is not the key control parameter to get the maximum TN removal as the optimal TN removal could be achieved under a wide range of DO concentration. The model simulation results were verified in the experimental PN-A reactor under oxygen transfer rate ( K(L)a) at 52 day(-1), HRT at 24 h, and ammonium load ratio of 0.55 kg N/(m(3).day).
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