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  • Title: Simultaneous biological removal of sulfur, nitrogen and carbon using EGSB reactor.
    Author: Chen C, Ren N, Wang A, Yu Z, Lee DJ.
    Journal: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol; 2008 Apr; 78(6):1057-63. PubMed ID: 18305936.
    Abstract:
    High-rate biological conversion of sulfide and nitrate in synthetic wastewater to, respectively, elemental sulfur (S(0)) and nitrogen-containing gas (such as N(2)) was achieved in an expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor. A novel strategy was adopted to first cultivate mature granules using anaerobic sludge as seed sludge in sulfate-laden medium. The cultivated granules were then incubated in sulfide-laden medium to acclimate autotrophic denitrifiers. The incubated granules converted sulfide, nitrate, and acetate simultaneously in the same EGSB reactor to S(0), N-containing gases and CO(2) at loading rates of 3.0 kg S m(-3) d(-1), 1.45 kg N m(-3) d(-1), and 2.77 kg Ac m(-1) d(-1), respectively, and was not inhibited by sulfide concentrations up to 800 mg l(-1). Effects of the C/N ratio on granule performance were identified. The granules cultivated in the sulfide-laden medium have Pseudomonas spp. and Azoarcus sp. presenting the heterotrophs and autotrophs that co-work in the high-rate EGSB-SDD (simultaneous desulfurization and denitrification) reactor.
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