Industries such as oil mining face challenges in the treatment of polyacrylamide (PAM)-containing wastewater produced during petroleum extraction. The feasibility of using revolving algae biofilm (RAB) reactors to treat PAM-contaminated wastewater for simultaneous removal of carbon and nitrogen was evaluated. The presence or absence of external nitrogen sources had a significant impact on the treatment effect of the RAB system. With the additional N source, the PAM, COD, TOC, and TN removal rates were 64.1 ± 2.0, 58 ± 1.5, 34.5 ± 1.5, and 85 ± 6.0%, respectively. High-throughput sequencing showed that the biofilms on RAB reactors contained a variety of bacteria, cyanobacteria, and green algae, degrading PAM through various mechanisms. The results of infrared spectroscopy analysis indicate that the product of these processes was carboxylic acid. Based on these results, it was concluded that RAB systems can be effectively applied to the treatment of polymer-containing wastewater.
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