Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 247, Issue -, Pages 1221-1227Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.083
Keywords
UCT-IFAS-MBR; Nitrous oxide; C/N; SRT; HRT
Funding
- grant of Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) through Research project of national interest PRIN [957/Ric - Prot. 2012PTZAMC]
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The influence of the main operational variables on N2O emissions from an Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge University of Cape Town membrane Bioreactor pilot plant was studied. Nine operational cycles (total duration: 340 days) were investigated by varying the value of the mixed liquor sludge retention time (SRT) (Cycles 1-3), the feeding ratio between carbon and nitrogen (C/N) (Cycles 4-6) and simultaneously the hydraulic retention time (HRT) and the SRT (Cycles 7-9). Results show a huge variability of the N2O concentration in liquid and off-gas samples (ranged from 10(-1) mu g N2O-NL-1 to 103 mu g N2O-N L-1). The maximum N2O concentration (1228 mu g N2O-N L-1) in the off-gas samples occurred in the anoxic reactor at the lowest C/N value confirming that unbalanced C/N promotes the N2O emission during denitrification. The aerated reactors (aerobic and MBR) have been the major N2O emitters during all the three Phases.
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