Enhanced phosphorus storage in suspended biofilm by increasing dissolved oxygen

The phosphorus recovery efficiency in PAOs-biofilm system is so far limited to stimulating phosphorus release by adding concentrated organic carbon solution during the anaerobic stage. In present study, a PAOs-biofilm sequence batch reactor (BSBR) were operated to investigate whether increase of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Science of the total environment 2020-06, Vol.722, p.137876-137876, Article 137876
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Hao, Bi, Zhen, Pan, Yang, Huang, Yong, Li, Da-Peng, Shan, Jie
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Zusammenfassung:The phosphorus recovery efficiency in PAOs-biofilm system is so far limited to stimulating phosphorus release by adding concentrated organic carbon solution during the anaerobic stage. In present study, a PAOs-biofilm sequence batch reactor (BSBR) were operated to investigate whether increase of the phosphorus storage content via DO control can stimulate the release in the biofilm. During the operation of BSBR for 160 days, the phosphorus content in biofilm (Pbiofilm) was doubled via increasing dissolved oxygen (DO) from 4 to 6 mg/L. With the COD of 200 mg/L in the anaerobic phase, the phosphorus release was enhaced, resulting in an significant increase of phosphorus concentration from 94.85 to 179.5 mg/L in recirculated solution. Batch tests further clarified explicitly the increase of Pbiofilm stimulated a phosphorus release rate but this must be balanced since high Pbiofilm reduced the phosphorus removal capacity of the biofilm. With analysis of P31-NMR, Ortho-P and Poly-P were the main phosphorus species stored in biofilm. The microbial cell played a more important role than EPS in phosphorus storage. The dominant phylum in the master reactor was Proteobacteria with an abundance of 64.4%, in which the Rhodocyclaceae was the dominant PAOs with an abundance of 10.1%. The outcome of this study elucidated that increase of phosphorus storage via DO control which facilitated more efficient phosphorus release with much lower organic carbon source consumption during the enrichment of phosphorus. Meanwhile, we provided a new perspective for the recovery of phosphorus in future wastewater treatment plants. [Display omitted] •An increase of DO from 4 to 6 mg/L favored phosphorus uptake and storage in biofilm.•Increase of phosphorus content in biofilm stimulated the release of phosphorus.•The phosphorus concentration reached 179.5 mg/L with additional 200 mg/L COD.•The increased phosphorus concentration in surroundings decreased the release of P.•Microbial cell had a more important role than EPS in phosphorus storage in biofilm.
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137876