Bio-reduction of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor

N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) is a disinfection by-product shown to be carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic. A feasible detoxification pathway for NDMA is a three-step bio-reduction that leads to ammonia and dimethylamine. This study examines the bio-reduction of NDMA in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) that also is active in nitrate and sulfate reductions. In particular, the study investigates the effects of H2 availability and the relative loadings of NDMA, nitrate, and sulfate, which potentially are competing electron acceptors. The results demonstrate that NDMA was bio-reduced to a major extent (i.e., at least 96%) in a H2-based MBfR in which the electron-equivalent fluxes from H2 oxidation were dominated by nitrate and sulfate reductions. NDMA reduction kinetics responded to NDMA concentration, H2 pressure, and the presence of competing acceptors. The most important factor controlling NDMA-reduction kinetics was the H2 availability, controlled primarily by the H2 pressure, and secondarily by competition from nitrate reduction.     

Swine wastewater treatment in a two stage sequencing batch reactor using real-time control

A laboratory scale two-stage sequencing batch reactor (TSSBR) was used to study the effectiveness of pH as a real-time control parameter in swine wastewater treatment. A Ringlace media was inserted into the A/O (Anoxic/Oxic) reactor for bacteria immobilization. The TSSBR was subjected to three levels of organic loading. The pH and ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potential) patterns obtained were consistent with distinct features, enabling the real-time control strategy to effectively set a flexible aeration time pending on influent concentration, hence resulting in flexible cycle time and HRT (Hydraulic Retention Time) for the system. The real-time process ensured a removal efficiency of over 99% and 95%, respectively, for ammonia and TOC (Total Organic Carbon). For NO3(-)-N and PO4(-3), the run with influent TOC = 4,000 mg/L yielded the most efficient removal of 61% and 95%, respectively. Test results suggest that pH can be a viable tool for on-line real-time control of a biological treatment process.     

实时控制序批式膜生物反应器处理养猪废水的短程硝化

采用实时控制序批式膜生物反应器（sequencing batch membrane bioreactor,SMBR）工艺处理某种猪场的养殖粪尿污水,通过pH实时曲线上的"氨谷点"对曝气时间进行实时控制实现短程硝化。小试反应器10个月的连续运行结果表明,利用曝气时间实时控制实现了稳定的亚硝态氮累积。短程硝化启动后,SMBR对COD和TN的平均去除率分别达到95.5%和92.4%,亚硝态氮积累率可维持在85%以上。高通量测序与OTU分类的结果表明,实时控制下SMBR内NOB逐渐被淘洗,而AOB得到了富集。从反应器启动初期到获得稳定短程硝化（反应器运行200 d）,AOB丰度提高了55倍,而对应的NOB丰度降低了2倍。此外,AOB的绝对数量与DO呈显著负相关（r=-0.846,0.01 p 4+-N浓度呈显著正相关（r=0.45,0.01p 4+-N的积累有利于AOB的富集。因此,利用曝气时间实时控制实现短程硝化是一种面向群落结构优化的控制方法,有利于短程硝化系统长期稳定的运行,具有实际应用价值和工程意义。     

Optimization of the intermittent aeration in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant biological reactor for nitrogen removal.

The optimization of the intermittent aeration in a full-scale biological reactor treating municipal and industrial wastewater has been studied by means of an experimental design, where the main factors considered have been the on-off period of aeration and the dissolved-oxygen set point. The objective of the work has been to determine the optimal configuration of the aeration control to achieve a simultaneous removal of carbon (expressed as chemical oxygen demand [COD]) and nitrogen. The results were obtained in a full-scale bioreactor located at the wastewater treatment plant of Sant Celoni (Barcelona, Spain), where a nitrogen removal based on a nitrification-denitrification process is being tested. It has been shown that the crucial parameter to ensure a complete removal of COD and nitrogen is to give the system a long time of on-off aeration to complete both the nitrification and the denitrification processes, whereas the dissolved-oxygen set point has a minor influence on the overall performance. The results presented can be applied to a great number of similar systems, in which a nitrogen removal, based on a nitrification-denitrification scheme, is currently being tested or implemented.     

Performance of a full-scale biofilm system retrofitted with an upflow multilayer bioreactor as a preanoxic reactor for advanced wastewater treatment

To enhance nitrogen removal in an existing microbial contact oxidation (MCO) system with a treatment capacity of 900 m3/d, an upflow multilayer bioreactor (UMBR) was chosen as a preanoxic reactor for the removal of organic matter and nitrate. The removal performance of the retrofitted plant was evaluated during the startup phase at a low temperature in winter. The high removal (>80%) of organic matter and suspended solids in the UMBR provided stable nitrification conditions in the MCO system, as a result of the substantial reduction in organic matter and solids loaded onto the MCO system. This treatment system showed a stable nitrogen removal efficiency of 75.3%, even in the low temperature range 7 to 10 degrees C. Phosphorus was completely removed by chemical precipitation. Production rates of excess sludge, as a function of the loads of influent flowrate and biological oxygen demand (BOD), were 0.022 kg dry solid/m3 wastewater and 0.132 kg dry solid/kg BOD.     

不同温度对SBBR同步短程硝化反硝化处理炼油催化剂废水的影响

采用SBBR在溶解氧1.0 mg/L条件下考察了不同温度对实际炼油催化剂废水脱氮系统效能的影响.结果表明,SBBR容积负荷及同步硝化反硝化(SND)三氮去除率与进水氨氮浓度正相关.不同进水浓度下,反应器SND三氮去除率最高可达40%左右.33、30及28℃条件下,反应器亚硝积累率均可稳定保持在90%以上.不同温度下短程硝化反硝化pH值及ORP变化趋势基本一致,结合在线监控pH值及ORP变化规律调控反应时间,最大限度保证短程硝化的稳定性.     

Impacts of COD and DCP loading rates on biological treatment of 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) containing wastewater in a perforated tubes biofilm reactor

Biofilm processes offer considerable advantages for biological treatment of chlorophenol containing wastewaters since such industrial effluents are difficult to treat by conventional activated sludge processes. A rotating perforated tubes biofilm reactor (RTBR) was developed and used for treatment of 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) containing synthetic wastewater. Effects of COD and DCP loading rates on COD, DCP and toxicity removals were investigated. Percent COD removal decreased and effluent COD increased with increasing COD and DCP loading rates due to toxic effects of high DCP content in the feed. DCP and toxicity removals showed similar trends. As the DCP loading rate increased the effluent DCP content increased yielding high toxicity levels in the effluent. COD and DCP loading rates should be below 90gCODm(-2)d(-1) and 2.8gDCPm(-2)d(-1) in order to obtain more than 90% DCP and toxicity removals. However, DCP loading rates lower than 1gDCPm(-2)d(-1) are required to obtain more than 90% COD removal. Empirical equations were developed to estimate percent COD, DCP and toxicity removals as functions of COD and DCP loading rates. The coefficients of the empirical equations were determined by using the experimental data. Empirical model predictions for percent COD, DCP and toxicity removals were in good agreement with the experimental data.     

盐度对序批式反应器与间歇曝气膜生物反应器污水处理效果的影响

采用序批式反应器(SBR)与间歇曝气膜生物反应器(IAMBR)处理模拟生活污水,考察了进水盐度对两反应器污水处理效果的影响。研究表明,当进水盐度为0g/L(以NaCl质量浓度计,下同)时,SBR和IAMBR对总有机碳(TOC)、NH4+-N及TN的去除能力相当,IAMBR未表现出明显的优势;当进水盐度为10g/L时,SBR和IAMBR对TOC、NH4+-N及TN的去除产生明显的差异。IAMBR因为膜的截留与微生物富集作用,对污染物的去除无明显变化,依然保持了较高的污染物去除率,而SBR受盐度冲击影响较大,TOC、NH4+-N及TN的去除率均大幅降低,说明IAMBR具有较高的抗盐度冲击性能。     

Comparison of polyurethane foam and biodegradable polymer as carriers in moving bed biofilm reactor for treating wastewater with a low C/N ratio

This paper presents a comparison between two different materials used as carriers: inert polyurethane (PU) foam and biodegradable polymer polycaprolactone (PCL) particles for the removal of organics and nitrogen from wastewater with a low C/N ratio using moving bed biofilm reactors. The results, during a monitoring period of four months, showed that TOC and ammonium removal efficiency was higher in reactor 2 filled with PU carriers than in reactor 1 filled with PCL carriers (90% and 65% in the former, compared with 72% and 56% in the latter at an hydraulic retention time of 14 h). Reactor 1 showed good behavior in terms of total nitrogen removal as the biodegradable polymer was an effective substrate providing reducing power for denitrification. From three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix analysis, it was shown that the effluent from reactor 1 contained mainly protein-like and soluble microbial product-like substances.     

高色度印染废水和染料废水的脱色新技术应用

应用氧化絮凝复合新技术处理高色度印染废水和染料废水,研究了影响脱色效果的一系列物理化学因素。本技术应用于高色度印染废水和染料废水的脱色处理,可使其脱色率达99％以上,CODcr去除率也在80％以上。     

序批式生物膜反应器不同填料挂膜及短程硝化特性研究

以实际生活污水为研究对象,采用序批式生物膜反应器(SBBR),填充不同种类的填料,针对其各自的挂膜特征和短程硝化的实现与稳定的特性进行了研究.结果表明,与立方体海绵填料相比,炭纤维填料的SBBR能够更快地实现挂膜启动,硝化效果稳定、高效(NH_4~+-N去除率高达99.3%);立方体海绵填料更易在常温下,实现NO_2~--N大量积累的短程硝化,但是相比而言,硝化效率不高.升高温度至30 ℃左右时,能够在30 d内实现炭纤维填料的短程硝化,通过过程控制可以实现短程硝化的稳定.荧光原位杂交技术(FISH)检测结果证实,SBBR中短程硝化的实现与稳定是因为菌群得到了优化,氨氧化细菌成为优势菌种.     

感应热固定床CWPO处理染料废水的催化剂制备及其性能

感应热固定床(IHFB)作为新型热传递方式下非均相反应器,利用感应加热铁磁材料将热量传递至液相,形成固液界面高温微反应区,实现有机废水低能高效降解。实验以海绵铁为感应内核,淀粉为碳源,0.2 mol/L硝酸镍为浸渍溶液,按照一定固液比采用浸渍焙烧法制备了C包覆表层负载NiO的感应热催化剂(mNiO/C),对mNiO/C材料的形态结构进行了SEM、ES和XRD表征。结果表明,铁碳比(Fe/C)3∶1、浸渍固液比1∶1、500℃下焙烧2 h,重复包覆3次所得的mNiO/C材料结构最稳定、催化活性最大。并以直接紫D-BL模拟废水为进水,考察了流动状态下感应热固定床催化湿式过氧化氢氧化法(CWPO)降解染料废水的性能,在最优条件下,染料降解率高达80%以上。     

污水再生处理微滤-反渗透工艺经济分析

近年来,微滤-反渗透(MF-RO)工艺在污水再生处理领域中的应用越来越受到关注,但其设备投资和运行成本较高,需要建立科学、高效的运行管理机制和投入产出机制,以提高其经济效益。系统研究了北京市某再生水厂微滤-反渗透(MF-RO)工艺的设备投资及运行费用等情况。再生水成本主要由设备折旧费和运行成本组成,其中运行成本所占比例较高,而在运行成本中所占比例最高的是膜更换费、电费和药剂费。目前该厂再生水销水量约为7 000 m3/d,运行负荷率仅为33.33%,导致再生水成本较高,总成本约达5.29元/m3,其中设备折旧费为0.83元/m3,运行成本约为4.46元/m3。因此提高运行负荷率,即提高销水量,是降低再生水成本的关键。     

Biofiltration pretreatment for reverse osmosis (RO) membrane in a water reclamation system

Biofouling control is considered as a major challenge in operating membrane systems. A lab-scale RO system was setup at a local water reclamation plant to study the feasibility of using biofiltration as a pretreatment process to control the biofouling. The biological activity in the RO system (feed, product, reject streams) was tested using the standard serial dilution plating technique. Operational parameters such as differential pressure (DP) and permeate flowrate of the system were also monitored. Effects of biofilter on AOC and DOC removals were investigated. Biofiltration was found to be a viable way of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removals, with removal efficiencies of 40-49% and 35-45% at an empty bed contact time (EBCT) of 30 min. It was also found that using the biofiltration as a pretreatment reduced the rate of biofouling. It took only about 72 h for biofouling to have a significant impact on the performance of the RO membrane, when the system was operated without using biofiltration as pretreatment. There was, however, a five times increase in operational length to more than 300 h when biofiltration was used. This study presented the suitability of the biofilter as an economical and simple way of biofouling control for RO membrane.     

Heavy metal retention and partitioning in a large-scale soil-aquifer treatment (SAT) system used for wastewater reclamation

Soil aquifer treatment (SAT) of wastewater relies on extensive biogeochemical processes in the soil and aquifer to achieve large-scale and economic reclamation of municipal effluents. Removal of trace metals from the wastewater is a prime objective in the operation, but the long-term sustainability of the adsorptive filtration capacity of the soils is an open question. Solid/solution partitioning (measured by the distribution coefficient, K(d)) and solid/solid partitioning (measured by selective sequential dissolution, SSD) of heavy metals were measured in soils sampled from active recharge basins in a wastewater reclamation plant and were compared to the adjacent pristine dune. K(d) values for the adsorption of Cu, Ni and Zn, measured in short-term adsorption experiments positively and significantly correlated with solution pH. Quantitative estimation of Cu, Ni and Zn adsorption on multi-sorbents indicated that surface adsorption and precipitation on Fe oxides and/or carbonate may be the major mechanisms of metal retention in these soils. SSD analyses of metal partitioning in soils exposed to approximately 20yr of effluent recharge showed that all solid-phase components, including the most stable 'residual' component, competed for and retained added Cu and Zn. Copper preferentially partitioned into the oxide component (32.0% of the soil-accumulated metal) while Zn preferentially partitioned into the carbonate component (51.6% of the soil-accumulated metal).     

酒石酸钾钠(PST)对纳滤处理重金属废水的强化机理

在已有纳滤处理重金属实验中,发现适当添加酒石酸钾钠可以使金属去除率增大的同时膜通量没有明显降低,而且纳滤膜表面接触角与膜通量呈稳定的负线性关系。采用X-射线（单晶）衍射法对酒石酸钾钠（PST）与Cd2+、Ni2+、Zn2+、Cu2+ 4种金属离子的络合配位方式进行分析。通过对晶体结构和键长键角等参数的分析表明,酒石酸钾钠主要通过羧基氧原子和邻位羟基氧原子与金属离子鳌合配位形成五元鳌合环;络合配位的中心金属离子Ni2+、Zn2+和Cu2+是六配位形式,而Cd2+是七配位形式。进一步通过配位分析方法计算了不同配比下配合物水分子量的大小,发现其变化特征与纳滤膜通量的变化趋势相似;金属离子络合物体积变化受到配位键长键角和酒石酸根配位数的控制,其变化特征与纳滤截留率变化一致。说明络合物的配位水分子量和配位体积大小2个参数能够分别解释PST强化纳滤处理重金属膜通量和截留率的变化特征。     

Uncertainty analysis of parameters for modeling the transfer and fate of benzo(a)pyrene in Tianjin wastewater irrigated areas

A Monte Carlo simulation for uncertainty analysis of three key parameters (local coal consumption rate Q(1L), dry deposition velocity of aerosol particulate Kp and biodegradation rate of benzo(a)pyrene in soil and sediment K(R3)) was conducted in this study. Results of the simulation indicate that the three parameters were influenced by uncertainty and that all equilibrium concentrations in the four bulk compartments and various sub-compartments were log-normally distributed. However, the results also indicated that among the six primary transfer fluxes, erosion associated with solids in soil and deposition associated with solids in water, along with output from sewers were also log-normally distributed, while deposition from air to soil and biodegradation in soil and sediment followed normal distributions. The effect of uncertainty on the model results of the three key parameters was derived using a comparison of upper and lower of confidence interval boundaries at the 95% level of confidence. The results reveal that uncertainty in the key parameters had a more significant influence on equilibrium concentrations of the chemical in the bulk compartments of soil and sediment than on concentrations in the other two bulk compartments, various sub-compartments and the six predominant transfer fluxes.     

A dynamic modelling of nutrient metabolism in a cyclic activated sludge technology (CAST) for treating low carbon source wastewater

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - A new mathematical model incorporating biopolymer kinetics and the process of the simultaneous storage and growth are established for the treatment of...     

Application of a combined response surface methodology (RSM)-artificial neural network (ANN) for multiple target optimization and prediction in a magnetic coagulation process for secondary effluent from municipal wastewater treatment plants

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - In this study, an enhanced coagulation-flocculant process incorporating magnetic powder was used to further treat the secondary effluent of domestic...