Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jiale Wang, Xu Wang, Zhe Yu, Shiqi Huang, Duyang Yao, Jiajin Xiao, Wei Chen, Zongping Wang, Feixiang Zan
Summary: This study investigated and compared the performance of activated sludge, non-aerated and aerated algae-bacteria consortia (ABC) for treating coking wastewater. The results showed that aerated ABC had the highest removal rates of COD and total nitrogen (TIN), and the addition of algae improved the removal performance. Different concentrations of coking wastewater resulted in different dominant bacteria.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Xueping Tian, Jingtao Zhao, Jun Huang, Guoke Chen, Yonggui Zhao
Summary: The metabolic process of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) treating piggery wastewater with high concentrations of carbon and nitrogen was elucidated through a combined analysis of microbial community, denitrification genes, and mathematical model calculations. The dominant microorganisms in AGS had potentials of various metabolic activities, with aerobic denitrification process being dominant. The study also revealed the resistance of rapid organic substrates storage in AGS during feast phase against high strength wastewater, providing carbon and energy sources in the famine phase.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jiancheng Du, Bing Xu, Liang Ma, Hui Jiao, Binbin Tian, Ke Li, Jinhao Liang
Summary: Sulfur-autotrophic denitrification is a promising technology for treating wastewater from hydroponic agriculture. This study found that under suitable conditions, the filter layer can effectively remove nitrogen from the wastewater, with the bottom layer contributing the most. The nitrogen concentration in the wastewater also affects the bacterial community structure within the reactor.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Huaqiang Chu, Xiaoqian Liu, Jiaying Ma, Tian Li, Haifeng Fan, Xuefei Zhou, Yalei Zhang, Enchao Li, Xiwang Zhang
Summary: A full-scale coking wastewater treatment plant with a two-stage anoxic-oxic-anoxic-oxic (A1/O1/A2/O2) process was systematically investigated, showing excellent removal capacity for COD, ammonia, nitrate, and total nitrogen. The microbial community analysis revealed significant changes in bacterial communities during the AOAO process, with shifts in functional microorganisms responsible for organics and nitrogen removal. Metagenomic sequencing also indicated variations in amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism between the primary and secondary AO processes.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lianfang Zhao, Liuying Xue, Li Wang, Cheng Liu, Ying Li
Summary: Heterotrophic-autotrophic denitrification is a cost-effective and risk-reducing approach for wastewater treatment. This study investigated a mixotrophic denitrification system with mixed bacteria to treat low-C/N ratio wastewater and achieved lower total nitrogen (TN) levels compared to heterotrophic and ferrous autotrophic systems.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hua Zhang, Chong Xu, Wei Jiang, Shanshan Xi, Jian Huang, Mengqi Zheng, Wei Wang, Chunhua He
Summary: Zinc ion has significant effects on the physicochemical properties and microbial distribution of activated sludge, which are crucial for nitrogen removal performance. This study investigated the impact of zinc ion on livestock wastewater treatment in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). The results showed that low concentrations of zinc ion could enhance nitrogen removal, but higher concentrations deteriorated the total nitrogen removal performance.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Zhi-Ling Li, Rui Cheng, Fan Chen, Xiao-Qiu Lin, Xiao-Jing Yao, Bin Liang, Cong Huang, Kai Sun, Ai-Jie Wang
Summary: The study demonstrated that sulfamethoxazole, chlortetracycline and amoxicillin have inhibitory effects on microbial denitrification performance, resulting in decreased nitrate removal efficiencies and decreased expression of important genes. Higher concentrations of antibiotics lead to stronger inhibitory effects, potentially causing changes in the abundance of denitrifying bacterial genera.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Natalia Carolina Silveira, Guilherme Henrique Duarte Oliveira, Marcia Helena Rissato Zamariolli Damianovic, Eugenio Foresti
Summary: The PN/A process is a viable technology for nitrogen removal from wastewaters with high concentrations of ammonia, but its application in processing slaughterhouse byproducts wastewater has not been assessed. An increase in nitrogen loading rate did not significantly affect the removal efficiency of total nitrogen. Presence of organic matter promoted the growth of heterotrophic denitrifying bacteria while impairing the growth of Anammox bacteria.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Baoshan Zhang, Jinsi Deng, Junting Xie, Haizhen Wu, Cong Wei, Zemin Li, Guanglei Qiu, Chaohai Wei, Shuang Zhu
Summary: The hydrolytic acidification process is effective for denitrogenation and increasing the biological oxygen demand/chemical oxygen demand ratio in coking wastewater treatment. It removes more than 80% of total nitrogen and provides carbon sources for nitrification. The microbial community in the hydrolytic bioreactor, dominated by Bacteroidetes, Betaproteobacteria, and Alphaproteobacteria, plays a key role in denitrogenation and degradation of refractory contaminants.
ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jiacheng Sun, Chengyuan Su, Ying Xie, Zhi Huang, Jiayi Bao, Menglin Chen, Xiangfeng Lin
Summary: The study found that the modified constructed rapid infiltration system (CRIS) is effective for treating ion-type rare earth mine wastewater, achieving aerobic denitrification, anaerobic denitrification, and anaerobic ammoxidation simultaneously. Increasing the hydraulic load and using full-scale systems improved the efficiency of wastewater treatment and the activity of relevant bacteria.
PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liru Fan, Hong Yao, Shihai Deng, Fangxu Jia, Weiwei Cai, Zhifeng Hu, Jianhua Guo, Huan Li
Summary: The SF-A/OA/O process has demonstrated superior performance in full-scale coking wastewater treatment compared to the A/O/O process, showing efficient removal of COD, NH4+-N, TN, phenols, and cyanide. The abundance and structure of the microbial community may be key factors contributing to the strong stability of the SF-A/OA/O system.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Hoang Dung Nguyen, Sandhya Babel
Summary: This study critically reviews the nitrogen removal process and influencing factors in various MFC configurations, highlighting shortcut nitrification-autotrophic denitrification and heterotrophic anodic denitrification as promising options, although further evaluation on efficiency and gas emissions is needed. The selection of MFC configuration depends on the nature of the wastewater.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Xiao Huang, Chongsen Duan, Jianghua Yu, Wenyi Dong
Summary: The research found that the transformation process can effectively reduce nitrate nitrogen discharge concentration, but there may be nitrite nitrogen accumulation in the initial stages. Three dominant denitrification genera were identified, with heterotrophic denitrification showing more complex microbial interspecific interactions.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Chen Wang, Yaming Liu, Mingjie Huang, Wei Xiang, Zhicheng Wang, Xiaohui Wu, Feixiang Zan, Tao Zhou
Summary: This study successfully developed a ternary process for efficient removal of nitrogen from coking wastewaters. The process involved biological pretreatment, Fenton sub-pretreatment, and final partial nitrification-denitrification process. The combination of these processes resulted in high removal rates of COD, SCN-, NH4+-N, and TN from the wastewater.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Zhiqiang Zou, Hong Yang, Shude Zhang, Weili Chi, Xiaotong Wang, Zongyue Liu
Summary: This study investigated the treatment of ion-adsorption type rare earth mine wastewater using the nitritation-denitrification process with immobilized biological fillers. The results showed high efficiency in ammonia nitrogen and total nitrogen removal during steady state operation. Additionally, high dissolved oxygen levels could induce rapid growth of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, with functional bacteria maintaining a competitive advantage in the immobilized fillers.
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)