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| Title: | Enrichment of Anammox biomass from municipal activated sludge: experimental and modelling results |
| Authors: | Dapena, A.
Van Hulle, S.W.H.
Campos, J.L.
Mendez, R.
Jetten, M.S.M.
Vanrolleghem, P.A. |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Citation: | JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 79 (12): 1421-1428 DEC 2004 |
| Abstract: | Anaerobic Ammonia Oxidising (Anammox) biomass was enriched from sludge collected at a municipal wastewater treatment plant, employing a Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR). After 60 days Anammox activity started to be detected, by consumption of stoichiometric amounts of NO2- and NH4+ in the system. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridisation analysis confirmed the increase of Anammox bacteria concentration with time. A final concentration of enriched biomass of 3-3.5 gVSS dm(-3) was obtained, showing a Specific Anammox Activity of 0.18 gNH(4)(+)-N gVSS(-1) d(-1) The reactor was able to treat nitrogen loading rates of up to 1.4 kgN m(-3) d(-1), achieving a removal efficiency of 82%. On the other hand, the start-up and operation of the Anammox SBR reactor were consequentially modelled with the Activated Sludge Model nr 1, extended for Anammox. The simulations predicted quite well the experimental data in relation to the concentrations of nitrogenous compounds and can be used to estimate the evolution of Anammox and heterotrophic biomass in the reactor. These simulations reveal that heterotrophs still remain in the system after the start-up of the reactor and can protect the Anammox microorganisms from a negative effect of the oxygen. (C) 2004 Society of Chemical Industry. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10046/282 |
| ISSN: | 0268-2575 |
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