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| Effect of nitrate recycling ratio on denitrifying phosphorus removal characteristics in A2O-BCO process |
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Abstract The characteristics of biological nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) removal under different nitrate recycling ratios were investigated in a Anaerobic/Anoxic/Oxic (A2O)-Biological Contact Oxidation (BCO) system when treating low C/N in municipal wastewater. The results indicated that the removal of N and P was achieved simultaneously, and denitrifying phosphorus removal (DPR) process was realized with the total hydraulic retention time (HRT) of A2O at 8h, sludge reflux ratio of 100%, and nitrate recycling ratios set as 100%, 200%, 300% and 400% respectively. The effluent concentration of COD was less than 50mg/L. The removal efficiencies of total nitrogen (TN) were 48.8%, 66.5%, 75.6% and 62.5%, and the removal efficiencies of total phosphorus (TP) were 86.0%, 90.3%, 91.0% and 95.0% under various nitrate recycling ratios. When the nitrate recycling ratio was set at 300%, average concentration of TN and TP in effluent were 14.96mg/L and 0.49mg/L. The amount of denitrifying phosphorus removed was increased slightly as the nitrate recycling ratio improved. When the nitrate recycling ratio was set at 400%, the amount of P removed by DPR accounted for 98% of the total phosphorus removed.
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Received: 28 February 2014
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