饮用水生物处理小试工艺中NH＋４-N的非硝化去除途径分析

通过计算N和DO的质量平衡,研究饮用水生物处理小试工艺中是否存在NH4 -N的非硝化去除途径,并探讨其可能机制.结果表明,当生物流化床和生物滤池进水NH4 -N浓度大于2 mg/L时,前者进水的NH4 -N、NO2--N和NO3--N之和比出水高出0.91 mg/L,后者理论上消耗的DO比实际多约2.90 mg/L,说明这2种工艺中均有氮亏损现象发生,一部分NH4 -N通过与DO无关的非硝化作用被去除.对非硝化去除途径的分析表明,因为反应器对磷元素和有机物的利用不随氮亏损发生变化,可以排除掉同化作用和反硝化作用;因为反应器进水低碳高氮的特性NO2--N的积累与发生氮亏损的废水生物处理系统相似,据此提出在生物膜缺氧内部发生、通过短程硝化和厌氧氨氧化的偶联(或OLAND反应)将NH4 -N和NO2--N同时转变为N2脱除的自养脱氮是饮用水生物处理中氮亏损的可能途径.

Non-nitrification pathway for NH4+ -N removal in pilot-scale drinking water biological processes

The non-nitrification pathway for NH4+ -N removal in pilot-scale drinking water biological treatment processes and its possible mechanism were investigated through calculating N and DO stoichiometric balance. With more than 2 mg/L NH4+ -N in the influent, for the fluidized bed bioreactor (FBBR), the total of NH4+ -N, NO2(-) -N, NO3(-) -N in the influent was 0.91 mg/L higher than that in the effluent, and for the biofilter, its DO consumption was 2.90 mg/L less than the stoichiometric amount. The results suggested that nitrogen loss occurred in both reactors and a part of NH4+ -N was removed through non-nitrification pathway. Because the utilization of phosphorus and organic matters was independent of nitrogen loss, the assimilation and denitrification could be excluded from the possible mechanisms. Because the very low C/N in the influent and the accumulation of NO2(-) -N in the reactors were similar with the wastewater biological processes, the "autotrophic removal of nitrogen" was regarded as the most probable non-nitrification pathway. In this mechanism, the couple of short-cut nitrification and ANAMMOX (or OLAND) leading to the transformation of NH4+ -N and NO2(-) -N into gaseous N2 was responsible for the nitrogen loss in drinking water biological processes.