Nitrogen removal pathway of anaerobic ammonium oxidation in on-site aged refuse bioreactor

  • Chao Wang
  • , Youcai Zhao
  • , Bing Xie*
  • , Qing Peng
  • , Muhammad Hassan
  • , Xiaoyuan Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The nitrogen removal pathways and nitrogen-related functional genes in on-site three-stage aged refuse bioreactor (ARB) treating landfill leachate were investigated. It was found that on average 90.0% of CODCr, 97.6% of BOD5, 99.3% of NH4+-N, and 81.0% of TN were removed with initial CODCr, BOD5, NH4+-N, and TN concentrations ranging from 2323 to 2754, 277 to 362, 1237 to 1506, and 1251 to 1580mg/L, respectively. Meanwhile, the functional genes amoA, nirS and anammox 16S rRNA gene were found to coexist in every bioreactor, and their relative proportions in each bioreactor were closely related to the pollutant removal performance of the corresponding bioreactor, which indicated the coexistence of multiple nitrogen removal pathways in the ARB. Detection of anammox expression proved the presence of the anammox nitrogen removal pathway during the process of recirculating mature leachate to the on-site ARB, which provides important information for nitrogen management in landfills.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)266-271
Number of pages6
JournalBioresource Technology
Volume159
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2014

Keywords

  • Aged refuse bioreactor
  • Anammox
  • Landfill leachate
  • Nitrogen removal

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