Effect of inorganic carbon on anaerobic ammonium oxidation enriched insequencing batch reactor
LIAO Dexiang , LI Xiaoming , YANG Qi , ZENG Guangming , GUO Liang , YUE Xiu
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Received September 27, 2007,Revised January 15, 2008, Accepted , Available online
Volume 20,2008,Pages 940-944
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The present lab-scale research reveals the enrichment of anaerobic ammonium oxidation microorganism from methanogenic
anaerobic granular sludge and the e ect of inorganic carbon (sodium bicarbonate) on anaerobic ammonium oxidation. The enrichment
of anammox bacteria was carried out in a 7.0-L sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and the e ect of bicarbonate on anammox was
conducted in a 3.0-L SBR. Research results , especially the biomass, showed first signs of anammox activity after 54 d cultivation with
synthetic wastewater, when the pH was controlled between 7.5 and 8.3, the temperature was 35°C. The anammox activity increased as
the influent bicarbonate concentration increased from 1.0 to 1.5 g/L, and then, was inhibited as the bicarbonate concentration approached
2.0 g/L. However, the activity could be restored by the reduction of bicarbonate concentration to 1.0 g/L, as shown by rapid conversion
of ammonium, and nitrite and nitrate production with normal stoichiometry. The optimization of the bicarbonate concentration in the
reactor could increase the anammox rate up to 66.4 mgN/(L d).
