Nitrogen removal from coal gasification wastewater by activated carbon technologies combined with short-cut nitrogen removal process |
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Authors: | Qian Zhao Hongjun Han Baolin Hou Haifeng Zhuang Shengyong Jia and Fang Fang |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China;State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China;State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China;State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China;State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China;State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China |
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Abstract: | A system combining granular activated carbon and powdered activated carbon technologies along with shortcut biological nitrogen removal (GAC-PACT-SBNR) was developed to enhance total nitrogen (TN) removal for anaerobically treated coal gasification wastewater with less need for external carbon resources. The TN removal efficiency in SBNR was significantly improved by introducing the effluent from the GAC process into SBNR during the anoxic stage, with removal percentage increasing from 43.8%-49.6% to 68.8%-75.8%. However, the TN removal rate decreased with the progressive deterioration of GAC adsorption. After adding activated sludge to the GAC compartment, the granular carbon had a longer service-life and the demand for external carbon resources became lower. Eventually, the TN removal rate in SBNR was almost constant at approx. 43.3%, as compared to approx. 20.0% before seeding with sludge. In addition, the production of some alkalinity during the denitrification resulted in a net savings in alkalinity requirements for the nitrification reaction and refractory chemical oxygen demand (COD) degradation by autotrophic bacteria in SBNR under oxic conditions. PACT showed excellent resilience to increasing organic loadings. The microbial community analysis revealed that the PACT had a greater variety of bacterial taxons and the dominant species associated with the three compartmentswere in good agreementwith the removal of typical pollutants. The study demonstrated that pre-adsorption by the GAC-sludge process could be a technically and economically feasible method to enhance TN removal in coal gasification wastewater (CGW). |
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Keywords: | Coal gasification wastewater Short-cut nitrogen removal Granular activated carbon PCR-DGGE Denitrification enhancement |
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