Simultaneous nitrate and phosphate removal based on thiosulfate-driven autotrophic denitrification biofilter filled with volcanic rock and sponge iron.

Bioresour Technol

National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.

Published: December 2022

This study constructed two thiosulfate-driven autotrophic denitrification biofilters filled with volcanic rock (VR-BF), sponge iron and volcanic rock (SIVR-BF), respectively. The nitrate removal load (3200 g/m/d) and efficiency (98 %) of SIVR-BF were higher than those of VR-BF. The removal of phosphate in SIVR-BF was mainly through forming FePO and Fe(PO)(OH). Sulfur and iron cycles in SIVR-BF contributed to Fe (II)/Fe (III) electron shuttle, as well as S, S, Sn electron buffer and energy storage, which improved nitrate removal and electron utilization. The formation of multi-path collaborative denitrification dominated by sulfur autotrophic denitrification (64.2 ∼ 89.6 %) in SIVR-BF. The other denitrification pathways, such as iron autotrophic denitrification, which buffered pH and reduced sulfate production. Thiobacillus (38.6 %) and Ferritrophicum (25.3 %) were the dominant genus of VR-BF and SIVR-BF, respectively, which played crucial roles in autotrophic denitrification of iron and sulfur. SIVR-BF was a promising process to realize iron-sulfur coupling autotrophic denitrification and phosphate removal.

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