Influence of operational parameters on nitrogen removal efficiency and microbial communities in a full-scale activated sludge process
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- Title
- Influence of operational parameters on nitrogen removal efficiency and microbial communities in a full-scale activated sludge process
- Authors
- Kim, YM; Cho, HU; Lee, DS; Park, D; Park, JM
- Date Issued
- 2011-11-01
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Abstract
- To improve the efficiency of total nitrogen (TN) removal, solid retention time (SRT) and internal recycling ratio controls were selected as operating parameters in a full-scale activated sludge process treating high strength industrial wastewater. Increased biomass concentration via SRT control enhanced TN removal. Also, decreasing the internal recycling ratio restored the nitrification process, which had been inhibited by phenol shock loading. Therefore, physiological alteration of the bacterial populations by application of specific operational strategies may stabilize the activated sludge process. Additionally, two dominant ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) populations, Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrosomonas nitrosa, were observed in all samples with no change in the community composition of AOB. In a nitrification tank, it was observed that the Nitrobacter populations consistently exceeded those of the Nitrospira within the nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) community. Through using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR), nirS, the nitrite reducing functional gene, was observed to predominate in the activated sludge of an anoxic tank, whereas there was the least amount of the narG gene, the nitrate reducing functional gene. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- Activated sludge; Operational parameter; Nitrogen removal; qPCR; Nitrifying bacteria; Denitrifying bacteria; WASTE-WATER TREATMENT; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA; REAL-TIME PCR; PRE-DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; TREATMENT PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN; REDUCING BACTERIA
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/108025
- DOI
- 10.1016/J.WATRES.2011.08.063
- ISSN
- 0043-1354
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- WATER RESEARCH, vol. 45, no. 17, page. 5785 - 5795, 2011-11-01
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