Development of a novel denitrifying phosphorus removal and partial denitrification anammox (DPR + PDA) process for advanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal from domestic and nitrate wastewaters

Peng Wu, Xingxing Zhang, Yuguang Wang, Chaochao Wang, Liping Ma, Francis Wani Victor Jenario, Wenru Liu, Lezhong Xu

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Abstract

A novel energy-efficient DPR + PDA (denitrifying phosphorus removal and partial denitrification anammox) process for enhanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal was developed in the combined ABR-CSTR reactor. After 220 days operation, excellent total inorganic nitrogen (TIN) and phosphorus removal (97.57% and 95.66%, respectively) were obtained under external C/NO3-N of 0.7, with the effluent TIN and PO43−-P concentrations of 3.51 mg/L and 0.28 mg/L, respectively. At the steady period, DPR contributed major TN removal (58.65%), while PDA mediated an increasingly considerable impact and finally achieved 37.07%, in which anammox accounted for a significant percentage. Batch tests demonstrated that efficient PD with nitrate-to-nitrite transformation ratio of 97.67% supplying stable nitrite for anammox, and phosphorus was mainly removed using nitrate as electron acceptor via DPR with the ideal phosphorus release/uptake rate (7.73/22.17 mgP/gVSS/h). Accumulibacter (6.24%) dominated high phosphorus removal performance, while Thauera (8.26%) and Candidatus Brocadia (2.57%) represented the superior nitrogen removal performance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number124795
JournalBioresource Technology
Volume327
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2021

Keywords

  • Anammox
  • Biological nutrient removal
  • Denitrifying phosphorus removal (DPR)
  • Microbial community
  • Partial denitrification (PD)

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