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  • Title: Identification of hotspots for NO and N2O production and consumption in counter- and co-diffusion biofilms for simultaneous nitrification and denitrification.
    Author: Kinh CT, Riya S, Hosomi M, Terada A.
    Journal: Bioresour Technol; 2017 Dec; 245(Pt A):318-324. PubMed ID: 28898826.
    Abstract:
    A membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) provides a counter-current substrate diffusion geometry in which oxygen is supplied from a gas-permeable membrane on which a biofilm is grown. This study hypothesized that an MABR would mitigate NO and N2O emissions compared with those from a conventional biofilm reactor (CBR). Two laboratory-scale reactors, representing an MABR and CBR, were operated by feeding synthetic industrial wastewater. The surficial nitrogen removal rate for the MABR [4.51±0.52g-N/(m2day)] was higher than that for the CBR [3.56±0.81g-N/(m2day)] (p<0.05). The abundance of β-proteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in the MABR biofilm aerobic zone was high. The NO and N2O concentrations at the biofilm-liquid interface in the MABR were 0.0066±0.0014 and 0.01±0.0009mg-N/L, respectively, two and 28 times lower than those in the CBR. The NO and N2O production hotspots were closely located in the MABR aerobic zone.
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