Nitrogen removal via nitrite from municipal landfill leachate
WU Lina , PENG Chengyao , ZHANG Shujun , PENG Yongzhen
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Received November 18, 2008,Revised July 14, 2009, Accepted , Available online
Volume 21,2009,Pages 1480-1485
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A system consisting of a two-stage up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB), an anoxic/aerobic (A/O) reactor and a sequencing
batch reactor (SBR), was used to treat landfill leachate. During operation, denitrification and methanogenesis took place simultaneously
in the first stage UASB, and the e uent chemical oxygen demand (COD) was further removed in the second stage UASB. Then the
denitrification of nitrite and nitrate in the returned sludge by using the residual COD was accomplished in the A/O reactor, and ammonia
was removed via nitrite in it. Last but not least, the residual ammonia was removed in SBR as well as nitrite and nitrate which were
produced by nitrification. The results over 120 d (60 d for phase I and 60 d for phase II) were as follows: when the total nitrogen
(TN) concentration of influent leachate was about 2500 mg/L and the ammonia nitrogen concentration was about 2000 mg/L, the shortcut
nitrification with 85%–90% nitrite accumulation was achieved stably in the A/O reactor. The TN and ammonia nitrogen removal
e ciencies of the system were 98% and 97%, respectively. The residual ammonia, nitrite and nitrate produced during nitrification in
the A/O reactor could be washed out almost completely in SBR. The TN and ammonia nitrogen concentrations of final e uent were
about 39 mg/L and 12 mg/L, respectively.
