好氧甲烷氧化耦合反硝化极限脱氮系统的效能及应用

【目的】探究甲烷浓度、温度和氮浓度对好氧甲烷氧化耦合反硝化(AME-D)极限脱氮系统的影响,分析该系统微生物群落结构,并对贵阳某污水处理厂尾水进行应用研究。【方法】采用阶段性实验研究甲烷浓度、温度和氮浓度对系统脱氮效能的影响,通过16SrRNA基因测序技术分析系统中微生物群落结构,利用共焦显微拉曼光谱仪分析实际废水水质变化特征。【结果】甲烷进气比为3%、温度为30°C、氮浓度为20 mg/L时脱氮效果最好,系统的总氮、氨氮和硝酸盐氮平均去除率分别为93.66%、96.13%和92.25%;系统中的主要甲烷氧化菌分别为Methylosarcina(1.84%)、Methylovulum(0.01%)和Crenothrix(0.14%),以及兼性甲烷氧化菌属Methylocystis(1.9%),主要的亚硝化菌为Nitrosomonas(0.008%),硝化菌为Nitrospira (0.42%),反硝化菌为Hyphomicrobium (1.19%)和Pseudomonas (0.61%);采用该系统处理贵阳某污水处理厂尾水时,出水总氮平均浓度达到0.96mg/L,能达到极限脱氮的目的,拉曼光谱分析显示系统对硝酸盐氮和亚硝酸盐氮有较高的去除,甲烷被氧化形成的中间产物可能为醇类或醛类物质,为反硝化菌提供所需碳源。【结论】AME-D极限脱氮由多种微生物协同实现,其功能微生物为甲烷氧化菌、亚硝化菌、硝化菌和反硝化菌,应用研究显示该系统在城镇污水处理系统中具有较大的应用潜力。     

The bioenergetics of denitrification

In anaerobically grown Paracoccus denitrificans the dissimilatory nitrate reductase is linked to the respiratory chain at the level of cytochromes b. Electron transport to nitrite and nitrous oxide involves c-type cytochromes. During electron transport from NADH to nitrate one phosphorylation site is passed, whereas two sites are passed during electron transport from NADH to oxygen, nitrite and nitrous oxide. The presentation of a respiratory chain as a linear array of electron carriers gives a misleading picture of the efficiency of energy conservation since the location of the reductases is not taken into account. For the reduction of nitrite and nitrous oxide, protons are utilized from the periplasmic space, whereas for the reduction of oxygen and nitrate, protons are utilized from the cytoplasmic side of the inner membrane. Evidence for two transport systems for nitrate was obtained. One is driven by the proton motive force; this system is used to initiate nitrate reduction. The second system is a nitrate-nitrite antiport system. A scheme for proton translocation and electron transport to nitrate, nitrite, nitrous oxide and oxygen is presented. The number of charges translocated across the membrane during flow of two electrons from NADH is the same for all nitrogenous oxides and is 67-71% of that during electron transfer to oxygen via cytochrome o. These findings are in accordance with growth yield studies. YMAX electron values determined in chemostat cultures for growth with various substrates and hydrogen acceptors are proportional to the number of charges translocated to these hydrogen acceptors during electron transport.     

Structural basis of denitrification

Denitrification represents an important part of the biogeochemical cycle of the essential element nitrogen. It constitutes the predominant pathway of the reductive dissimilation of nitrate in the environment. Via four enzymatic reactions, nitrate is transformed stepwise to nitrite (NO2-), nitric oxide (NO), and nitrous oxide (N2O), to finally yield dinitrogen gas (N2). All steps within this metabolic pathway are catalyzed by complex multi-site metalloenzymes with unique spectroscopic and structural features. In recent years, high-resolution crystal structures have become available for these enzymes with the exception of the structure for NO reductase.     

Using the combined bioelectrochemical and sulfur autotrophic denitrification system for groundwater denitrification

A combined bioelectrochemical and sulfur autotrophic denitrification system (CBSAD) was evaluated to treat a groundwater with nitrate contamination (20.9-22.0mgNO(3)(-)-N/L). The reactor was operated continuously for several months with groundwater to maximize treatment efficiency under different hydraulic retention times (HRT) and electric currents. The denitrification rate of sulfur autotrophic part followed a half-order kinetics model. Moreover, the removal efficiency of bioelectrochemical part depended on the electric current. The reactor could be operated efficiently at the HRT ranged from 4.2 to 2.1h (corresponding nitrogen volume-loading rates varied from 0.12 to 0.24 kg N/m(3)d; and optimum current ranged from 30 to 1000 mA), and the NO(3)(-)-N removal rate ranged from 95% to 100% without NO(3)(-)-N accumulation. The pH of effluent was satisfactorily adjusted by bioelectrochemical part, and the sulfate concentration of effluent was lower than 250 mg/L, meeting the drinking water standard of China EPA.     

Anoxic treatment wetlands for denitrification

Anoxic subsurface flow (SSF) constructed wetlands were evaluated for denitrification using nitrified wastewater. The treatment wetlands utilized a readily available organic woodchip-media packing to create the anoxic conditions. After 2 years in operation, nitrate removal was found to be best described by first-order kinetics. Removal rate constants at 20 °C (k₂₀) were determined to be 1.41–1.30 d^?1, with temperature coefficients (θ) of 1.10 and 1.17, for planted and unplanted experimental woodchip-media SSF wetlands, respectively. First-order removal rate constants decreased as length of operation increased; however, a longer-term study is needed to establish the steady-state values. The hydraulic conductivity in the planted woodchip-media SSF wetlands, 0.13–0.15 m/s, was similar to that measured in an unplanted gravel-media SSF control system.     

Monitoring denitrification by pH-Stat titration

An improved pH-stat titrimetric procedure was developed, validated, and extensively applied to monitor biological heterotrophic denitrification in a lab-scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR). So far, titrimetric procedures were not successful in monitoring denitrification processes in full-scale wastewater (WW) treatment plants, mainly because the stoichiometric ratio between proton production and nitrate reduction is highly variable due to variability of both biomass and influent WW characteristics. In this article, a new titration procedure is proposed where a simple calibration step is performed before each experimental test. This procedure allows for the assessment of (i) nitrate content in a sample of mixed liquor; (ii) the maximum denitrification rate of sludge when fed on acetate; and (iii) the denitrification potential (DNP) of different substrates. As for (i), validation by comparison with spectrophotometric measures indicated an average discrepancy of less than 3% on more than 40 samples; as for (ii) and (iii) collected values compared well with literature data. The titrimetric method proposed here is also capable of assessing the biomass anoxic yield in a very simple way, since it does not require any analytical nitrate determination. According to the results of this experimentation, titrimetry appeared to be a simple, inexpensive, and powerful tool for monitoring and operating denitrification processes in WW treatment plants.     

Influence of roots on denitrification

Summary The influence of excised grass roots on denitrification was studied in the controlled atmosphere of helium and oxygen (80:20). Preliminary results suggest that respiring roots may aid in denitrification by creating oxygen deficiency in the rhizosphere.     

Modeling denitrification in aquatic sediments

Sediment denitrification is a major pathway of fixed nitrogen loss from aquatic systems. Due to technical difficulties in measuring this process and its spatial and temporal variability, estimates of local, regional and global denitrification have to rely on a combination of measurements and models. Here we review approaches to describing denitrification in aquatic sediments, ranging from mechanistic diagenetic models to empirical parameterizations of nitrogen fluxes across the sediment-water interface. We also present a compilation of denitrification measurements and ancillary data for different aquatic systems, ranging from freshwater to marine. Based on this data compilation we reevaluate published parameterizations of denitrification. We recommend that future models of denitrification use (1) a combination of mechanistic diagenetic models and measurements where bottom-waters are temporally hypoxic or anoxic, and (2) the much simpler correlations between denitrification and sediment oxygen consumption for oxic bottom waters. For our data set, inclusion of bottom water oxygen and nitrate concentrations in a multivariate regression did not improve the statistical fit.     

Autotrophic denitrification using elemental sulfur

Experimental studies were conducted to determine the feasibility of autotrophic denitrification with Thiobacillus denitrificans as a nitrate removal process for wastewater. S⁰-acclimated activated sludge, which can carry out autotrophic denitrification using S⁰ as electron donors, was prepared by the fill and draw cultivation method. The kinetic constants for the S⁰-denitrification reaction using S⁰-acclimated activated sludge under NO₃-N limiting growth conditions were determined to be Y = 0.33 mg-NO₃-N and b = 0.058 d⁻¹. High percentages of denitrification (over 95%) and rates of denitrification ranging from 0.19 to 0.24 mg-NO₃-N/mg-TOC·d were obtained in the continuous denitrification experiments using S⁰-acclimated activated sludge.     

The chemical mechanism of microbioal denitrification

It is suggested that, in the conditions which exist in vivo, one head of a myosin molecule interacts with another head of the opposite molecule, inside the backbone of the thick filament. The other head lies outside and can interact with actin. This model is based on the fact that a dimer of the myosin heads exists and that there is a close correlation between the properties of the dimer and those of the thick filament diameter. In natural filaments, there are myosin molecules in excess and it is suggested that these molecules have their two heads outside the backbone.     

芽孢杆菌脱氮作用的研究

对废水处理生物膜中的优势菌种芽孢杆菌(Bacillus)经纯化和驯化培养，对其脱氮性能进行了单纯性脱氮试验研究，并对其生长周期进行了分析。     

Electric prompting and control of denitrification

The effectiveness of a denitrification process which is driven and controlled by an electric current is demonstrated. Denitrifying microorganisms were immobilized on a carbon electrode and hydrogen was produced through the electrolysis of water. The hydrogen was utilized for the reduction of nitrate to N(2). The denitrification rate was a linear function of the electric current, and it was shown that about 1 mol of electron reduces 0.2 mol of nitrate to N(2) gas. These results exhibit that the proposed process is simple and feasible, especially for the treatment of low-strength nitrate solutions. (c) 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Aerobic denitrification in various heterotrophic nitrifiers

Various heterotrophic nitrifiers have been tested and found to also be aerobic denitrifiers. The simultaneous use of two electron acceptors (oxygen and nitrate) permits these organisms to grow more rapidly than on either single electron acceptor, but generally results in a lower yield than is obtained on oxygen, alone. One strain, formerly known as Pseudomonas denitrificans, was grown in the chemostat and shown to achieve nitrification rates of up to 44 nmol NH₃ min^–1 mg protein^–1 and denitrification rates up to 69 nmol NO _inf3 ^sup–1 min^–1 mg protein^–1.Unlike Thiosphaera pantotropha, this strain needed to induce its nitrate reductase. However, the remainder of the denitrifying pathway was constitutive and, like T. pantotropha, Ps. denitrificans probably possesses the copper nitrite reductase.