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- Title
Model-based evaluation of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in aerobic granular sludge systems.
- Authors
Insel, Güçlü; Yilmaz, Gulsum; Hazi, Ferenc; Artan, Nazik
- Abstract
A lab-scale granular sludge sequencing batch reactor (G-SBR) system was operated using synthetic wastewater. The total nitrogen removal efficiency of 85% was obtained together with the achievement of complete total phosphorus removal with average granule diameter of 400 µm. Dual-step nitrification and denitrification model with fixed biofilm thickness was used for performance analysis. The denitrification mode only contributed to TN removal with 25% which can be calculated with process stoichiometry. The remaining nitrogen removal could be explained by simulating simultaneous nitrification and denitrification which was responsible for 75% denitrification during aerobic period. In addition, low NO3− concentration at the beginning of the fill period provided advantage for securing a prolonged anaerobic period for enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR). The model parameters of boundary layer thickness (zBL = 50 µm) and half-saturation of O2 for nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (KO2,NOB = 0.5 gO2/m3) were tuned to fit NO2 and NO3 profiles in SBR cycle.
- Subjects
DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; BOUNDARY layer (Aerodynamics); BATCH reactors; NITROGEN removal (Water purification)
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 60, p124780
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-023-25252-w