Assess the Denitrification Performance of Fermented and Dark-fermented Biosolids as External Carbon Sources Using Sequence Batch Reactors （SBRS）

The study has assessed the denitrification performance of fermented and dark-fermented biosolids as external carbon sources using lab-scaled Sequencing Batch Reactors （SBRs）. This was done by adding fermented and dark-fermented biosolids into anoxic zones of two SBRs, and then assessing the change of effluent characteristics comparing to before adding and to a third controlled reactor. The results showed that by adding 150-170 mg rbCOD/L of either of the selected fermented biosolids, almost complete denitrification could be reached for tested SBRs （reduced from initial -20 mg NO3/L to 〈 1 mg NO3/L）. Finally, the experiment also found that the impact of NI-I4 components of fermented and dark-fermented biosolids onto the final effluent were much lesser than expected, where only less than 2.5 mg NH4/L were detected in the effluent, much lower than the added 5.0-5.7 mg/L.

Cassava stillage and its anaerobic fermentation liquid as external carbon sources in biological nutrient removal

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of one kind of food industry effluent, cassava stillage and its anaerobic fermentation liquid, on biological nutrient removal （BNR） from municipal wastewater in anaerobic- anoxic-aerobic sequencing batch reactors （SBRs）. Experiments were carried out with cassava stillage supernatant and its anaerobic fermentation liquid, and one pure compound （sodium acetate） served as an external carbon source. Cyclic studies indicated that the cassava by-products not only affected the transformation of nitrogen, phosphorus, poly-13-hydroxyalkanoates （PHAs）, and glycogen in the BNR process, but also resulted in higher removal efficiencies for phosphorus and nitrogen compared with sodium acetate. Furthermore, assays for phosphorus accumulating or- ganisms （PAOs） and denitrifying phosphorus accumulating organisms （DPAOs） demonstrated that the proportion of DPAOs to PAOs reached 62.6% （Day 86） and 61.8% （Day 65） when using cassava stillage and its anaerobic fer- mentation liquid, respectively, as the external carbon source. In addition, the nitrate utilization rates （NURs） of the cassava by-products were in the range of 5.49-5.99 g N/（kg MLVSS.h） （MLVSS is mixed liquor volatile suspended solids） and 6.63-6.81 g N/（kg MLVSS.h）, respectively. The improvement in BNR performance and the reduction in the amount of cassava stillage to be treated in-situ make cassava stillage and its anaerobic fermentation liquid attractive alternatives to sodium acetate as external carbon sources for BNR processes.

Effects of different external carbon sources and electron acceptors on interactions between denitrification and phosphorus removal in biological nutrient removal processes

The effects of two different external carbon sources （acetate and ethanol） and electron acceptors （dissolved oxygen, nitrate, and nitrite） were investigated under aerobic and anoxic conditions with non-acclimated process bi- omass from a full-scale biological nutrient removal-activated sludge system. When acetate was added as an external carbon source, phosphate release was observed even in the presence of electron acceptors. The release rates were 1.7, 7.8, and 3.5 mg P/（g MLVSS.h） （MLVSS： mixed liquor volatile suspended solids）, respectively, for dissolved oxygen, nitrate, and nitrite. In the case of ethanol, no phosphate release was observed in the presence of electron acceptors. Results of the experiments with nitrite showed that approximately 25 mg NO2-N/L of nitrite inhibited anoxic phosphorus uptake regardless of the concentration of the tested external carbon sources. Furthermore, higher deni- trification rates were obtained with acetate （1.4 and 0.8 mg N/（g MLVSS.h）） compared to ethanol （1.1 and 0.7 mg N/ （g MLVSS.h）） for both anoxic electron acceptors （nitrate and nitrite）.

Biological Nutrient Removal in a Full Scale Anoxic/Anaerobic/Aerobic/ Pre-anoxic-MBR Plant for Low C/N Ratio Municipal Wastewater Treatment

A novel full scale modified A2O （anoxic/anaerobic/aerobic/pre-anoxic）-membrane bioreactor （MBR） plant combined with the step feed strategy was operated to improve the biological nutrient removal （BNR） from low C/N ratio municipal wastewater in Southern China. Transformation of organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, and membrane fouling were investigated. Experimental results for over four months demonstrated good efficiencies for chemical oxygen demand （COD） and NH4^＋-N removal, with average values higher than 84.5%and 98.1%, re-spectively. A relatively higher total nitrogen （TN） removal efficiency （52.1%） was also obtained at low C/N ratio of 3.82, contributed by the configuration modification （anoxic zone before anaerobic zone） and the step feed with a distribution ratio of 1：1. Addition of sodium acetate into the anoxic zone as the external carbon source, with a theoretical amount of 31.3 mg COD per liter in influent, enhanced denitrification and the TN removal efficiency in-creased to 74.9%. Moreover, the total phosphate （TP） removal efficiency increased by 18.0%. It is suggested that the external carbon source is needed to improve the BNR performance in treating low C/N ratio municipal waste-water in the modified A^2O-MBR process.

Assess the Effects of Sucrose on Post-Anoxic Denitrification through Lab-Scaled Sequence Batch Reactors （SBRs）

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of industrial-grade sucrose as external carbon source on post-anoxic denitrification. This was done through the use of lab-scaled Sequencing Batch Reactors （SBRs） modelling after a standard post-anoxic Waste Water Treatment Plant （WWTP）. Each reactor holds an effective volume of approximately 4 L, with the decant volume of 2 L per cycle, a Hydraulic Retention Time （HRT） of 8 hours, Sludge Retention Time （SRT） of about 11.5 ± 0.5 days. The experiments showed that adding industrial-grade sucrose into the post-anoxic zone has a very significant improvement where the nitrate removal rate increased from 10% to 68%. The experiment also verifies that most of the Specific Denitrification Rate （SDNR） calculated from the lab-scaled SBRs lie within the range of earlier study （2.29-2.85 mgNO3/gMLVSS/h）, and verified the results of both this experiment and the SDNR batch tests in previous study.