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WATER RESEARCH
卷 42, 期 4-5, 页码 1102-1112出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.08.025
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heterotrophic activity; anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX); biofilm modeling; COD/N ratio; counter-diffusion; perturbation
A 1-d multi-population biofilm model was constructed to study the effect of heterotrophic activity on completely autotrophic ammonium (NH4+) removal in membrane-aerated (counter-diffusion) versus conventional biofilm systems (co-diffusion). Growth of heterotrophic bacteria (HB) was supported either solely by biomass decay products or by organic carbon (as chemical oxygen demand (COD)) in the influent. Three scenarios were considered: influence of HB growing on biomass decay products on steady-state performance (total nitrogen (TN) removal efficiency); influence of the influent COD/N ratio on steady-state performance (supplying COD in the influent); and impact of dynamic changes in the influent COD/N ratio on TN removal efficiency. The results revealed that the TN removal efficiency in the counter-diffusion biofilm was significantly different when HB were included in the simulations at NH4+ surface loads of L-NH4 >2.7 g - Nm(-2) d(-1). Influent COD significantly altered the microbial community composition in the counter-diffusion biofilm and anaerobic NH4+ oxidation could not be sustained at COD/N>2. The co-diffusion system, however, was less affected and more than 50% of the TN removal originated from anaerobic NH4+ oxidation at those ratios. Perturbation experiments showed that step increases to influent COD/N ratios of 2 or higher over a period of 50 d or longer caused a loss of anaerobic NH4+ oxidation capacity which could not be regained within a reasonable time frame (> 1000 d) in the counter-diffusion system. In contrast, simulating a 1-d sloughing event only caused a disturbance of 200d although a maximum biofilm loss of 90-95% occurred. These results clearly indicate the importance of heterotrophic activity in autotrophic N removal biofilms, especially in counter-diffusion systems where they may compromise N removal capacity. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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