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  • Title: Effect of COD/N ratio on cultivation of aerobic granular sludge in a pilot-scale sequencing batch reactor.
    Author: Wei D, Qiao Z, Zhang Y, Hao L, Si W, Du B, Wei Q.
    Journal: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol; 2013 Feb; 97(4):1745-53. PubMed ID: 22526775.
    Abstract:
    Aerobic granular sludge was successfully cultivated with the effluent of internal circulation reactor in a pilot-scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR). Soy protein wastewater was used as an external carbon source for altering the influent chemical oxygen demand/nitrogen (COD/N) ratios of SBR. Initially, the phenomenon of partial nitrification was observed and depressed by increasing the influent COD/N ratios from 3.32 to 7.24 mg/mg. After 90 days of aerobic granulation, the mixed liquor suspended solids concentration of the reactor increased from 2.80 to 7.02 g/L, while the sludge volumetric index decreased from 105.51 to 42.99 mL/g. The diameters of mature aerobic granules vary in the range of 1.2 to 2.0 mm. The reactor showed excellent removal performances for COD and N₄⁺--N after aerobic granulation, and average removal efficiencies were over 93% and 98%, respectively. The result of this study could provide further information on the development of aerobic granule-based system for full-scale applications.
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