Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 244, Issue -, Pages 192-197Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.07.127
Keywords
Single-stage partial nitritation/anammox (SPN/A); COD/N ratios; Ordinary heterotrophic organisms (OHO); Nitrifying bacteria; Microbial community
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China, 111Project [21677005, 51608013]
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This study investigates the effects of varying COD/N ratios on single-stage partial nitritation/anammox (SPN/A) process in a SBR. The operational period was divided into three phases with different influent COD/N ratios (0.4, 0 and 0.5). Stable nitrogen removal was achieved in phase I with a COD/N of 0.4. In phase II COD was absent, effluent nitrite and nitrate increased and nitrogen removal performance gradually deteriorated. In phase III SPN/A failed to recover from nitrate accumulation when COD/N was increased. Microbial activity was measured and microbial community was analyzed by high-throughput sequencing. These results revealed that ordinary heterotrophic organisms (OHO) was suppressed when influent COD was absent, leading to the promotion of nitrification even at a low DO (0.2 mgL(-1)). Therefore, nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) was gradually enriched and anammox bacteria was suppressed. Besides, it was observed that flocs were sensitive to influent COD variations than granules, which requires further investigation.
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