Stable partial nitritation of mature landfill leachate in a continuous flow bioreactor: Long-term performance,microbial community evolution,and mechanisms

A continuous flow bioreactor was operated for 300 days to investigate partial nitritation (PN) of mature landfill leachate, establishing the long-term performance of the system in terms of the microbial community composition, evolution, and interactions. The stable operation phase (31–300 d) began after a 30 days of start-up period, reaching an average nitrite accumulation ratio (NAR) of 94.43% and a ratio of nitrite nitrogen to ammonia nitrogen (NO₂⁻-N/NH₄⁺-N) of 1.16. Some fulvic-like and humic-like compounds and proteins were effectively degraded in anaerobic and anoxic tanks, which was consistent with the corresponding abundance of methanogens and syntrophic bacteria in the anaerobic tank, and organic matter degrading bacteria in the anoxic tank. The ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) Nitrosomonas was found to be the key functional bacteria, exhibiting an increase in abundance from 0.27% to 6.38%, due to its collaborative interactions with organic matter degrading bacteria. In-situ inhibition of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) was achieved using a combination of free ammonia (FA) and free nitrous acid (FNA), low dissolved oxygen (DO) with fewer bioavailable organics conditions were employed to maintain stable PN and a specific ratio of NO₂⁻-N/NH₄⁺-N, without an adverse impact on AOB. The synergistic relationships between AOB and both denitrifying bacteria and organic matter degrading bacteria, were found to contribute to the enhanced PN performance and microbial community structure stability. These findings provide a theoretical guidance for the effective application of PN-Anammox for mature landfill leachate treatment.     

Influence of Free Ammonia on Completely Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal over Nitrite (CANON) Process

Free ammonia (FA) plays a significant role in the stable, long-term, completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) system operation. The influence of FA on the CANON process in a sequencing batch biofilm reactor was explored. Under controlled FA concentrations of 5.0?mg L^?1 to 10.0?mg L^?1, nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) was inhibited and achieved partial nitrification, which was important for a successful and quick start-up of the CANON process from activated sludge. However, NOB was acclimated to the condition after the process start-up. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (AnAOB) activities were unaffected when FA concentration was increased from 10?mg L^?1 to 17?mg L^?1, but NOB was completely inhibited only for a short time. The AOB and AnAOB activities were inhibited and the CANON system was deteriorated when FA concentration reached 30?mg L^?1 to 32.5?mg L^?1 at pH?8.5, whereas NOB activity was unaffected. Correlation analysis showed that FA concentration higher than 20?mg L^?1 resulted in the deterioration of the system.     

短程硝化-厌氧氨氧化工艺的挑战与对策

短程硝化-厌氧氨氧化（PN/A）工艺与传统生物脱氮工艺相比，具有能耗低、设备简单、污泥产率低等诸多优点，在污水脱氮领域备受关注。本文首先总结了PN/A工艺在实际应用中存在的一些挑战，比如，处理高C/N废水效果不佳、亚硝酸盐氧化细菌（NOB）抑制困难、启动缓慢等。然后，针对上述挑战，提出了一些PN/A工艺的改进措施。可使用多种预处理技术来降低废水有机物含量，以减弱高C/N比废水的负面影响；根据NOB、厌氧氨氧化菌（AnAOB）、氨氧化细菌（AOB）之间生长条件的差异，通过调控温度、pH、溶解氧等环境条件或添加抑制剂来抑制NOB的生长。接着，总结了PN/A工艺快速启动的方法，即通过添加化学物质、物理场、外加AnAOB种泥，并给予AnAOB最佳生长条件等方法，实现PN/A工艺的快速启动。最后，展望了PN/A工艺未来有待深入研究的方向。     

Effect of influent nitrogen concentration on feasibility of short-cut nitrification during wastewater treatment in activated sludge systems

The inhibitory effect of free ammonia and free nitrous acid on nitrite-oxidising bacteria (NOB) was studied in a laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactor with a suspended microbial culture. The reactor was operated at 15°C, with a dissolved oxygen concentration in excess of 5 mg L^?1 and a nitrogen-loading rate of 0.2 kg m^?3 d^?1. Diluted reject water with varying total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) concentrations was used as influent. N-NO₂^? represented more than 90 % of all of the oxidised nitrogen, with influent TAN concentrations of 600 mg L^?1, 300 mg L^?1 and 150 mg L^?1, respectively. With a TAN concentration of 75 mg L^?1, a gradual increase in N-NO₃^? concentration was detected, indicating the threshold value enabling short-cut nitrification (SN) to be between 150 mg L^?1 and 75 mg L^?1 under the pertaining conditions. Next, the influent concentration of TAN was gradually increased from 75 mg L^?1 to 1000 mg L^?1 but the nitrite accumulation was not restored. This indicates that once NOB are established in the suspended microbial culture, even high TAN concentrations are not sufficient for NOB inhibition.     

游离氨抑制协同过程控制实现渗滤液短程硝化

采用UASB-SBR生化系统处理高氮晚期渗滤液为研究对象,在获得稳定有机物和氮去除的前提下,考察了采用游离氨(FA)协同过程控制对实现渗滤液长期稳定短程硝化的可行性,建立实现与维持SBR系统内稳定短程硝化的途径及方法.试验结果表明:经过36d的运行,SBR系统的亚硝积累率始终稳定在90%以上,获得了稳定的短程硝化.游离氨和过程控制的协同作用是实现与维持SBR反应器稳定短程硝化的决定因素,以DO,ORP和pH作为渗滤液短程硝化反硝化的过程控制参数是可行的,在充分利用较高FA抑制亚硝酸盐氧化菌活性的前提下,过程控制能够准确判断硝化终点,避免过度曝气破坏短程硝化,从而为氨氧化菌(AOB)的生长创造有利条件,有效抑制亚硝酸盐氧化菌(NOB)的生长并逐渐从系统中淘洗出去,实现了硝化菌种群的优化,荧光原位杂交技术(FISH)检测也证明这一点.在此基础上,通过批次实验考察了微生物种群的反硝化动力学特性,符合Monod动力学方程,NO2--N基质最大比利用速率和半饱和常数分别为0.44gNO2--NgVSS-1d-1和15.8mgL-1.     

Achieving the nitrite pathway using FA inhibition and process control in UASB-SBR system removing nitrogen from landfill leachate

An up-flow sludge blanket(UASB) and sequencing batch reactor(SBR) system was introduced to remove organics and nitrogen from landfill leachate.The synergetic effect of free ammonia(FA) inhibition and process control was used to achieve the nitrite pathway in the SBR.In previous research,inhibition of FA on nitrite oxidizing bacteria(NOB) activity has been revealed and the process control parameters(DO,ORP and pH) exactly indicate the end-point of nitritation.The method was implemented in the SBR achieving s...     

Pt/TiO2光催化氧化还原耦合反应脱除水中无机氮

本文采用光催化还原法制备了高活性的载铂二氧化钛光催化剂，并用XRF、TEM、XRD对样品进行了表征，考察了pH值、负载Pt的含量、Fe²⁺的添加及保护气的种类等反应条件对该催化剂活性的影响。结果表明：碱性条件下利于氨氮、亚硝酸氮的耦合脱氮反应，载铂量0.5%时去除效果最佳，Fe²⁺的加入利于光催化反应，氮气保护下催化剂反应活性更高。     

N2O emission in partial nitritation-anammox process

Nitrous oxide(N2O)is one of the significant greenhouse gases,and partial nitritation-anammox(PNA)process emits higher N2O than traditional nitrogen removal processes.N2O production in PNA mainly occurs in three different pathways,i.e.,the ammonia oxidizing bacteria(AOB)denitrification,the hydroxylamine(NH2 OH)oxidation and heterotrophic denitrifiers denitrification.N2O emission data vary significantly because of the different operational conditions,bioreactor configurations,monitoring systems and quantitative methods.Under the common operational parameter scopes of PNA,N2O emission via NH2 OH oxidation dominates at relatively low dissolved oxygen(DO),low inorganic carbon(IC),high pH or low N02-concentration,while N2O emission via AOB denitrification dominates at relative higher DO,higher IC.lower pH or higher N2O-concentration.AOB are highly enriched while nitriteoxidizing bacteria(NOB)are rarely found in partial nitritation process,and the order Nitrosomonadales of AOB is the dominant group and N2O producer.Anammox bacteria,AOB and certain amount of heterotrophic denitrifying bacteria are observed in the anammox process,the genus Denitratisoma and the heterotrophic denitrifying bacteria in the deep layer of anammox granules are the dominant N2O generation bacteria.In one-stage PNA reactors,anammox bacteria account for a large fraction of the biomass,AOB account for small portion,and NOB account for even less.The microbial community,diversity and N2O producers in one-stage PNA reactors are similar with those in two-stage PNA reactors.The dominant anammox bacteria,AOB and NOB in PNA are the species Candidatus Brocadia,the genera of Nitrotoga,Nitrospira and Nitrobacter,and the genus Nitrosomonas,respectively.The relations between N2O emission pathways and microbial communities need further study in the future.     

Nitrite Electroreduction to Ammonia Promoted by Molecular Carbon Dioxide with Near-unity Faradaic Efficiency

Electrochemical reduction of nitrite (NO₂⁻) offers an energy-efficient route for ammonia (NH₃) synthesis and reduction of the level of nitrite, which is one of the major pollutants in water. However, the near 100 % Faradaic efficiency (FE) has yet to be achieved due to the complicated reduction route with several intermediates. Here, we report that carbon dioxide (CO₂) can enhance the nitrite electroreduction to ammonia on copper nanowire (Cu NW) catalysts. In a broad potential range (−0.7∼−1.3 V vs. RHE), the FE of nitrite to ammonia is close to 100 % with a 3.5-fold increase in activity compared to that obtained without CO_2. In situ Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that CO₂ acts as a catalyst to facilitate the *NO to *N step, which is the rate determining step for ammonia synthesis. The promotion effect of CO₂ can be expanded to electroreduction of other nitro-compounds, such as nitrate to ammonia and nitrobenzene to aniline.     

The determination of ammonia in flue gas from the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia

The emission of NO_x from coal-fired boilers can be limited by means of the selective catalytic reduction of NO_x with ammonia. The amounts of unreacted ammonia downstream should be low to avoid processing and environmental problems. Continuous measurement of the ammonia in the flue gas is needed. The determination of ammonia and flue gas sampling techniques are discussed. Measurements of ammonia in exhausts of a laboratory reactor and of a pilot plant for the selective catalytic reduction of NO_x with ammonia are presented. Ammonia was determined by mass spectrometry and chemiluminescence in the gas phase, and by spectrophotometric (Nessler and Berthollet reactions) or potentiometry in aqueous solution, in low (<5 μl l^?1) and high (<1000 μl l^?1) concentration ranges.     

g-C_3N_4-TiO_2光催化电极耦合生物产电阳极还原硝酸根

以g-C_3N_4-TiO_2为光催化阴极,耦合生物阳极进行光催化还原硝酸盐研究。考察了空穴清除剂、曝气条件、生物阳极对光催化还原硝酸盐的影响,并对还原机理进行分析。结果表明在曝氮气、有生物阳极时硝酸盐去除效果最好,空穴清除剂对硝酸盐还原影响较小。反应210 min后硝酸盐去除率为72.57%,副产物亚硝酸盐浓度为0.31 mg·L~(-1),氨氮未检出。经重复实验后,负载的催化剂不脱落,催化剂活性基本不变,可重复使用。     

g-C3N4-TiO2光催化电极耦合生物产电阳极还原硝酸根

以g-C₃N₄-TiO₂为光催化阴极,耦合生物阳极进行光催化还原硝酸盐研究。考察了空穴清除剂、曝气条件、生物阳极对光催化还原硝酸盐的影响,并对还原机理进行分析。结果表明在曝氮气、有生物阳极时硝酸盐去除效果最好,空穴清除剂对硝酸盐还原影响较小。反应210 min后硝酸盐去除率为72.57%,副产物亚硝酸盐浓度为0.31 mg·L^-1,氨氮未检出。经重复实验后,负载的催化剂不脱落,催化剂活性基本不变,可重复使用。     

Conversion of ammonia to dinitrogen in wastewater by Nitrosomonas europaea

Because Nitrosomonas europaea contains ammonia-oxidizing enzyme, nitrite reductase, and nitrous oxide reductase, the conversion of ammonia to dinitrogen was tried with different reaction conditions. In aerobic reaction conditions, ammonium was converted to nitrite (NO ₂ ⁻ ), while under oxygen-limiting or oxygen-free conditions, NO ₂ ⁻ -N formed from ammonia oxidation by N. europaea was reduced to N₂O and dinitrogen with 22% conversion. During denitrification, optimal pH for the production of N₂O and dinitrogen was found to be 7.0–8.0. Dinitrogen was not produced in acidic pH<7.0. A low partial oxygen pressure as well as oxygen-free conditions are favorable for high production of dinitrogen.     

“On line” mass spectrometric detection of ammonia oxidation products generated by polypyrrole based amperometric sensors

Polypyrrole (PPy) is the conducting polymer most widely employed in electrochemical sensors for ammonia detection in the last decade. Although sensors have been described in depth in the literature, the mechanism of ammonia detection by polypyrrole is still a matter of controversy. The differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) technique, together with UV-Vis spectroscopy, gives direct and conclusive evidence with respect to the ammonia oxidation products formed in NaOH solution (pH=10) at polyrrole or N-methyl polypyrrole film sensors polarized at 0.35 V (Ag/AgCl). Monitoring of the different possible ammonia oxidation products by on-line DEMS measurements indicates that only NO is formed and that other species such as N₂ or N₂O are absent. UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy also showed that ionic products such as nitrate or nitrite are not formed.     

Biopharmaceutical Study on Nobiletin-Loaded Amorphous Solid Dispersion with Improved Hypouricemic Effect

The present study aimed to develop an amorphous solid dispersion of nobiletin (ASD/NOB) using hydroxypropyl cellulose-SSL (HPC-SSL) to improve the pharmacokinetic properties and hypouricemic effect of NOB. ASD/NOB was prepared by the freeze-drying method (ASD/NOB). ASD/NOB was characterized with a focus on crystallinity, dissolution, pharmacokinetic behavior, and hypouricemic action in a rat model of hyperuricemia. ASD/NOB showed significant improvement in dissolution behavior, as evidenced by a 4.4-fold higher dissolved NOB concentration than crystalline NOB at 2 h in distilled water. After the oral administration of ASD/NOB (50 mg NOB/kg) in rats, higher systemic exposure to NOB was observed with an 18-fold enhancement in oral bioavailability, and the T_max value of orally administered ASD/NOB was 60% shorter than that of orally administered crystalline NOB. In a rat model of hyperuricemia, orally dosed ASD/NOB showed an improved hypouricemic effect by a 16% reduction in the plasma uric acid level compared with orally administered crystalline NOB. Based on these findings, ASD/NOB may be an efficacious dosage option to improve the nutraceutical potential of NOB for the treatment of hyperuricemia.     

The Stability of Accumulating Nitrite from Swine Wastewater in a Sequencing Batch Reactor

Shortcut nitrification is the first step of shortcut nitrogen removal from swine wastewater. Stably obtaining an effluent with a significant amount of nitrite is the premise for the subsequent shortcut denitrification. In this paper, the stability of nitrite accumulation was investigated using a 1.5-day hydraulic retention time in a 10-L (working volume) activated sludge sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with an 8-h cycle consisted of 4 h 38 min aerobic feeding, 1 h 22 min aerobic reaction, 30 min settling, 24 min withdrawal, and 1 h 6 min idle. The nitrite production stability was tested using four different ammonium loading rates, 0.075, 0.062, 0.053, and 0.039 g NH₄-N/g (mixed liquid suspended solid, MLSS) day in a 2-month running period. The total inorganic nitrogen composition in the effluent was not affected when the ammonium load was between 0.053 and 0.075 g NH₄-N/g MLSS · day (64% NO₂-N, 16% NO₃-N, and 20% NH₄-N). Under 0.039 g NH₄-N/g MLSS · day, more NO₂-N was transformed to NO₃-N with an effluent of 60% NO₂-N, 20% NO₃-N, and 20% NH₄-N. The reducing load test was able to show the relationship between a declining free nitrous acid (FNA) concentration and the decreasing nitrite production, indicating that the inhibition of FNA on nitrite oxidizing bacteria depends on its levels and an ammonium loading rate around 0.035 g NH₄-N/g MLSS · day is the lower threshold for producing a nitrite dominance effluent in the activated sludge SBR under the current settings.     

Direct and mediated electrochemical oxidation of ammonia on boron-doped diamond electrode

Direct (non-mediated) electrochemical oxidation of ammonia on boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode proceeds mainly at high pH (> 8) via free ammonia (NH₃) oxidation. To enhance ammonia oxidation on BDD at low pH (< 8), where mainly ammonium (NH₄⁺) is present, oxidation of ammonia was mediated by active free chlorine. In this process, electro-generated in situ active chlorine rapidly reacts with ammonia instead of being further electro-oxidized to chlorate at the electrode surface. Thus, active chlorine effectively removes ammonia from an acidic solution, while the formation of by-products such as chlorate and possibly perchlorate is minimized.     

Isolation and Nitrogen Removal Characteristics of an Aerobic Heterotrophic Nitrifying-Denitrifying Bacterium,Klebsiella sp. TN-10

Nitrogen removal by microorganisms has attracted increasing attention in wastewater treatment. In the present study, a heterotrophic nitrification bacterium was isolated from tannery wastewater and identified as Klebsiella sp. TN-10 based on phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics. The optimal conditions for cell growth and nitrogen removal were investigated, and the results showed that the greatest ammonium removal rate and maximum biomass were achieved by using sodium pyruvate (7 g/L) as carbon source, C/N 12, pH 7, and temperature 30 °C. Under optimal conditions, the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen reached 96%. Besides, the growth characteristic and the ability of utilizing nitrate and nitrite were investigated. The results demonstrated that strain TN-10 exhibited excellent characteristics to remove both nitrate and nitrite, with the removal rate of 95.44% and 99.87%, respectively. In addition, the nitrite reductase (NiR) and nitrate reductase (NR) involved in denitrification were both active, with the activities of 0.0815 and 0.0283 U/mg proteins, respectively. Furthermore, the aggregation ability, auto-aggregation kinetics, and the relationship between zeta potentials and flocculating efficiency were determined. These results indicated that the strain Klebsiella sp. TN-10, with efficient heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification ability, has potential application in wastewater treatment.

     

Inhibition effect of free ammonia and free nitrous acid on nitrite-oxidising bacteria during sludge liquor treatment: influence of feeding strategy

The importance of feeding strategy for the long-term selective inhibition of nitrite-oxidising bacteria (NOB) was demonstrated by comparison of laboratory-scale bioreactors: Completely Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) and Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR). Moreover, the effect of the change of reactor operation regime from CSTR to SBR was demonstrated. Sludge liquor containing ammonia nitrogen in a range of 970–1500 mg L^?1 was the influent of the reactors. The experiments were performed at (23 ± 2)°C, with high concentration of dissolved oxygen (up to 8 mg L^?1) and with unlimited sludge retention time. In the SBR, permanent restriction of NOB activity was achieved for more than 700 days by the strong inhibition effect of fluctuating concentrations of free ammonia and free nitrous acid during the operational cycles of SBR. In contrast, nitrite-oxidising bacteria were able to gradually adapt to the conditions prevailing in CSTR and produce nitrate although the concentration of free ammonia and free nitrous acid significantly exceeded inhibition limits for NOB activity in this system. Transferring the reactor operation regime from CSTR to SBR resulted in immediate and permanent inhibition of NOB activity in the reactor.