Performance and recovery of a completely separated partial nitritation and anammox process treating phenol-containing wastewater

Journal Article (2018)
Author(s)

Wei Wang (Hefei University of Technology, University of Science and Technology of China)

Chao Pang (Hefei University of Technology)

Julian D. Muñoz Sierra (TU Delft - Sanitary Engineering, KWR Water Research Institute)

Zhenhu Hu (Hefei University of Technology)

Xuesong Ren (Hefei University of Technology)

Research Group
Sanitary Engineering
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2701-z
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Publication Year
2018
Language
English
Research Group
Sanitary Engineering
Volume number
26 (2019)
Pages (from-to)
33917–33926

Abstract

Anammox process is considered as a promising technology for removing total nitrogen from low-strength ammonium and phenol-containing wastewater. However, it is still a challenge for the anammox process to treat high-strength ammonium and phenol-containing wastewater. A completely separated partial nitritation and anammox (CSPN/A) process was developed to remove total nitrogen from high-strength phenol-containing wastewater. About 92% of COD, 100% of phenol, and 82.4% of total nitrogen were successfully removed at a NH4 +-N concentration of 200 mg L−1 with a phenol/NH4 +-N mass ratio of 0.5 in the CSPN/A process. Furthermore, a shock loading of 300 mg phenol L−1 with a phenol/NH4 +-N mass ratio of 1.5 led to a complete failure of partial nitritation, but the performance was rapidly recovered by the increase of NH4 +-N concentration. Although the activities of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria and anammox bacteria were severely inhibited at a phenol/NH4 +-N mass ratio of 1.5, the enrichment of efficient phenol degraders in the CSPN stage could strengthen the performance robustness of partial nitritation and anammox process. Therefore, this study presented a new insight on the feasibility of the anammox process for treating high-strength ammonium and phenol-containing wastewater.

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