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  • Title: Operation of suspended-growth shortcut biological nitrogen removal (SSBNR) based on the minimum/maximum substrate concentration.
    Author: Park S, Bae W, Rittmann BE, Kim S, Chung J.
    Journal: Water Res; 2010 Mar; 44(5):1419-28. PubMed ID: 20004929.
    Abstract:
    This study exploited the concept of the minimum/maximum substrate concentrations (MSC values) for identifying proper start-up conditions and achieving stable and low effluent total ammonium nitrogen (TAN) concentrations in suspended-growth short-cut biological nitrogen removal (SSBNR). Calculations based on the MSC concept indicated that S(Dmax), the TAN concentration above which ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) are washed out, was around 450mgTAN/L at the given operating conditions of 2mg/L of dissolved oxygen and pH 8, while nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) should be washed out at around 40mgTAN/L. Therefore, the experimental research was focused on the optimal TAN-concentration range for SSBNR, between 50 and 100mg/L. Experimental results showed that a nitrification reactor with initial TAN concentration above 450mg/L did not give a successful start-up. However, two days of starvation, which decreased the TAN concentration in the reactor to 95mg/L, stabilized the reaction quickly, and stable SSBNR was sustained thereafter with 80mgTAN/L and 98% nitrite accumulation in the reactor. During stable SSBNR, the removal ratio of chemical oxygen demand per nitrite nitrogen (DeltaCOD/DeltaNO(2)-N) for denitrification was 1.94gCOD/gN, which is around 55% of that required for nitrate denitrification. Based on a clone library, Nitrosomonas occupied 14% of the total cells, while the sum of Nitrobacter and Nitrospira was less than the detection cut-off of 2%, confirming the NOB were washed out during SSBNR. A spiking test that doubled the influent ammonium loading caused the TAN concentration in the reactor to reach washout for AOB, which lasted until the loading was reduced. Thus, a loading increase should be controlled carefully such that the system does not exceed the washout range for AOB.
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