Partial Nitrification of Wastewater from an Aminoplastic Resin Producing Factory
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Partial Nitrification of Wastewater from an Aminoplastic Resin Producing FactoryDate
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Fernández A, Vilar A, Ben M, Kennes C, Veiga MC. Partial nitrification of wastewater from an aminoplastic resin producing factory, Water Science & Technology, Vol 52 No 10-11, pp 517–524, IWA Publishing 2005
Abstract
Nitrification via nitrite was studied in two aerobic reactors treating wastewater from an aminoplastic resin producing factory at HRT varying between 1.37-1.89 and 2.45-3.63 days. Both reactors were fed with concentrations of 366, 450, 1099 and 1899 mg N-NH4+/L. In general in the reactor operated at a lower HRT, the nitritation percentage decreased from 87.2 to 21.6%, while the nitratation percentage remained always lower than 2.5% (except in the last period) when the ammonium concentration was increased. This behaviour could be due to the inhibition of the ammonium and nitrite oxidation produced by high free ammonia concentrations up to 179.3 mg N-NH3/L. In the reactor operated at a higher HRT, the nitritation percentage decreased and the nitratation percentage increased from 88.6 to 39.6% and from 0.65 to 35.7%, respectively, due to an increase of the dissolved oxygen concentration from 0.76 to 1.02 mg O2/L. However, when ammonium was fed at a concentration of 1898.7 mg N-NH4+/L, the nitritation increased and the nitratation decreased, probably as a result of the accumulation of free ammonia up to 2.04 mg N-NH3/L, meaning that nitrite oxidizers were inhibited. Nitrite build-up was observed after each modification of ammonium concentration in the feed.
Keywords
Industrial wastewater
Nitrification
Via nitrite
Nitrification
Via nitrite
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©IWA Publishing 2005. The definitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Water Science & Technology, Vol 52 No 10-11, pp 517–524, and is available at www.iwapublishing.com.
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0273-1223