Rapid cultivation of nitrifying microgranular sludge and its response to sulfides
WANG Cai-xia1, CHEN Jie1, WANG Qian1, SHEN Yao-liang1,2,3, LIU Wen-ru1,2,3
1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215000, China; 2. National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Municipal Sewage Resource Utilization Technology, Suzhou 215000, China; 3. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou 215000, China
Abstract:The dewatered sludge of municipal wastewater treatment plant was inoculated in a continuous flow gas lift internal circulation reactor, and the rapid culture of nitrified granular sludge and its response to sulfides were investigated. The results showed that under the condition of high inoculation sludge concentration (19.3g/L), sludge granulation was basically achieved within 30 days by gradually shortening HRT (7h to 2h) and increasing influent ammonia nitrogen load (0.5kg/(m3·d) to 3.1kg/(m3·d)). The SVI3=SVI30 was (16.8±0.3)mL/g, and the average particle size of granular sludge was 266 μm. The high concentration nitrification granular sludge[(11.9±0.2)g/L] ensured the high load operation of the system (ammonia nitrogen removal load (2.4±0.3)kg/(m3·d)). Sulfides in the influent significantly inhibited ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in granular sludge, but the recovery of AOB activity was faster than that of NOB, so nitrifying micro-granular sludge achieved the function of nitrification. When the sulfide concentration increased to 10mg/L, the nitrification rate reached about 80%. However, when the sulfide concentration was further increased to 20mg/L, the nitrification rate did not increase significantly. The batch experiments on the 82nd day showed that AOB activity decreased with the increase of initial sulfide concentration, while NOB activity increased, which was closely related to the stratified distribution of AOB (outer layer) and NOB (inner layer) in granular sludge. In addition, the effect of sulfides on nitrifying granular sludge with small particle size (<0.3mm) was more significant.
王彩霞, 陈洁, 王倩, 沈耀良, 刘文如. 硝化微颗粒污泥的快速培养及其对硫化物的响应特性[J]. 中国环境科学, 2023, 43(5): 2277-2285.
WANG Cai-xia, CHEN Jie, WANG Qian, SHEN Yao-liang, LIU Wen-ru. Rapid cultivation of nitrifying microgranular sludge and its response to sulfides. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2023, 43(5): 2277-2285.
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