Pilot-scale demonstration of self-enrichment of anammox bacteria in a two-stage nitrification-denitrification suspended sludge system treating municipal wastewater under extremely low nitrogen loading rate.

Bioresour Technol

National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Engineering Research Center of Beijing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China.

Published: November 2023

In suspended sludge system, efficient enrichment and retention of anammox bacteria are crucial obstacles in mainstream wastewater treatment by anammox process. In this study, anammox bacteria was self-enriched in a pilot-scale suspended sludge system of two-stage nitrification-denitrification process serving municipal wastewater treatment. With the low ammonia (NH-N) of 9.3 mg/L, nitrate (NO-N) of 15.6 mg/L and COD/NO-N of 2.2 under extremely low nitrogen loading rate of 0.012 kg N/m/d, anammox activity bloomed after its abundance increasing from 5.9 × 10 to 4.6 × 10 copies/g dry sludge. Significant NH-N removal was occurred and maintained stably in the denitrification reactor with anammox bacteria accounting for 1.13%, even under temperature decreasing to 20.0℃. The adequately anoxic environment, efficient retention with the static settlement, and NO production via NO reduction provided favorable environment for anammox bacteria. This study demonstrated the feasibility and great potential in mainstream anammox application without seeding specific sludge.

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