Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 140, Issue -, Pages 77-89Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.04.036
Keywords
Electrocoagulation; Low temperature; Full-scale WWTP; Microbial community structure; Enzyme activity
Funding
- Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment [2013ZX07202-010]
- Program for Liaoning representative office of the China Environment Protection Foundation [CEPF2014-123-1-1]
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In cold areas, nitrogen removal performance of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) declines greatly in winter. This paper systematically describes the enhancement effect of a periodic reverse electrocoagulation technology on biological nitrogen removal at low temperatures. The study showed that in the lab-scale systems, the electrocoagulation technology improved the biomass amount, enzyme activity and the amount of nitrogen removal bacteria (Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Paracoccus, Thauera and Enterobacter). This enhanced nitrification and denitrification of activated sludge at low temperatures. In the pilot -scale systems, the electrocoagulation technology increased the relative abundance of cold adapted microorganisms (Luteimonas and Trueperaceae) at low temperatures. In a full-scale industrial WWTP, comparison of data from winter 2015 and winter 2016 showed that effluent chemical oxygen demand (COD), NH4+-N, and NO3-N reduced by 10.37, 3.84, and 136.43 t, respectively, throughout the winter, after installation of electrocoagulation devices. These results suggest that the electrocoagulation technology is able to improve the performance of activated sludge under low-temperature conditions. This technology provides a new way for upgrading of the performance of WWTPs in cold areas. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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