Optimal operational factors for nitrite accumulation in batch reactors |
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Authors: | Wookeun Bae Seungcheon Baek Jinwook Chung Yongwoo Lee |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Sa 1-Dong' Ansan, Kyunggi-Do, Republic of Korea;(2) Environmental Resources Management, ERM KOREA LIMITED, Suite 1003, Marine Center Bldg. 118, Namdaemunro-2GA, Jung-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea;(3) Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd, Glass Tower, 946-1, Daechi-dong, Kangnam-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | The environmental factors that affected the accumulation of nitrite in nitrifying reactors were investigated using a mixed culture. A batch reactor with 50 mg-N/l of ammonia was used. The pH, temperature and dissolved oxygen concentration were varied. The concentration of unionized free ammonia also changed with the oxidation of ammonia and the variation of pH and temperature. The accumulation of nitrite was affected sensitively by pH and temperature. A higher nitrite concentration was observed at pH 8-9 or temperature around 30 °C. The dissolved oxygen also affected, giving the highest nitrite accumulation at around 1.5 mg/l. These were the favoredconditions for nitrite production. The free ammonia concentration influenced thenitrite accumulation also, by inhibiting nitrite oxidation. The inhibition becameapparent at a concentration of approximately 4 mg/l or above, but insignificant atbelow 1 mg/l. Thus, simultaneously high free ammonia concentration and maximumspecific ammonia-oxidation rate (above 15 × 10-3 mg-N/mg-VSSh)were needed for a significant nitrite accumulation. When the two conditions were met, thenthe highest accumulation was observed when the ratio of the maximum specific oxidationrate of ammonia to the maximum specific oxidation rate of nitrite (ka/kn) was highest.Under the optimal operating conditions of pH 8, 30 °C and 1.5 mg/l of dissolvedoxygen, as much as 77% of the removed ammonia accumulated in nitrite. |
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Keywords: | ammonia oxidizers free ammonia kinetics nitrification nitritation nitrite accumulation nitrite oxidizers operational factors shortcut nitrogen removal |
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