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Promotion of nitrifiers through side-stream bioaugmentation : A full-scale study

Stenström, F. LU and La Cour Jansen, J. LU (2016) In Water Science and Technology 74(7). p.1736-1743
Abstract

Bioaugmentation of nitrifiers from a side-stream treatment is an efficient method for boosting the mainstream process at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Although this technology has been known for several years, the number of full-scale applications for it is limited. For a WWTP approaching its critical nitrogen load capacity, the benefits are doubled if the introduced side-stream treatment for digester supernatant is combined with bioaugmentation. Not only is the nitrogen load to the mainstream process decreased by 10-25%, but the mainstream process is also boosted with nitrifiers, increasing the nitrifying capacity. In this full-scale study, the increment of the nitrification rate is examined in the mainstream process at... (More)

Bioaugmentation of nitrifiers from a side-stream treatment is an efficient method for boosting the mainstream process at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Although this technology has been known for several years, the number of full-scale applications for it is limited. For a WWTP approaching its critical nitrogen load capacity, the benefits are doubled if the introduced side-stream treatment for digester supernatant is combined with bioaugmentation. Not only is the nitrogen load to the mainstream process decreased by 10-25%, but the mainstream process is also boosted with nitrifiers, increasing the nitrifying capacity. In this full-scale study, the increment of the nitrification rate is examined in the mainstream process at different temperatures and at different flow rates of returned activated sludge to the side-stream treatment. Our results show that the nitrification rate in the mainstream process was increased by 41% during the coldest period of the study, implying that the examined WWTP could treat considerably higher nitrogen loads if bioaugmentation were permanently installed.

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Bioaugmentation, Biological wastewater treatment, Digester supernatant, Inoculation, Sequencing batch reactor
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8 pages
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IWA Publishing
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0273-1223
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10.2166/wst.2016.340
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  author       = {{Stenström, F. and La Cour Jansen, J.}},
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  keywords     = {{Bioaugmentation; Biological wastewater treatment; Digester supernatant; Inoculation; Sequencing batch reactor}},
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  pages        = {{1736--1743}},
  publisher    = {{IWA Publishing}},
  series       = {{Water Science and Technology}},
  title        = {{Promotion of nitrifiers through side-stream bioaugmentation : A full-scale study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2016.340}},
  doi          = {{10.2166/wst.2016.340}},
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