This study deals with partial nitrification in a sequencing batch reactor (PN-SBR) treating raw urban landfill leachate. In order to enhance process insight (e.g. quantify interactions between aeration, CO(2) stripping, alkalinity, pH, nitrification kinetics), a mathematical model has been set up. Following a systematic procedure, the model was successfully constructed, calibrated and validated...

Abstract—This study was performed to optimise the react time (RT) and study its effects on the removal rates of nitrogen compounds in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treating synthetic industrial wastewater. The results showed that increasing the RT from 4 h to 10, 16 and 22 h significantly improved the nitrogen compounds’ removal efficiency, it was increased from 69.5% to 95%, 75.7 to 97% and...

A sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was inoculated with p-nitrophenol-degrading activated sludge to biodegrade a mixture of monosubstituted phenols: p-nitrophenol (PNP), PNP and o-cresol; and PNP, o-cresol and o-chlorophenol. Settling times were progressively decreased to promote biomass granulation. PNP was completely biodegraded. The PNP and o-cresol mixture was also biodegraded although some tr...

In the present study the bacterial community structure in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) operating in autotrophic conditions was determined in relation to temporal variations of NH4-N, NO2-N, NO3-N levels in the effluent. Bacterial richness and composition were determined by PCR-DGGE (Polymerase Chain Reaction - Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis) of 16S rRNA and amoA genes, and RISA (Ri...

Abstract Low condition of dissolved oxygen (DO) is commonly associated with sludge bulking problem that was able to disrupt the efficiency wastewater treatment performances. Relatively, very little attention paid possibility applying magnetic field in controlling problem. Hence, this study aims investigate performance on biomass properties and its effect biodegradation under low DO. Two continu...

Biological phosphorus removal (BPR) techniques offer a number of advantages over chemical addition, including enhanced treatment, reduced energy consumption, and reduced sludge production. A rapid, low-cost method for determining the feasibility of biological phosphorus removal should allow these techniques to be more widely used. A simple test is proposed to determine the amount of phosphorus ...

This study investigated hydrodynamic properties of oxygenic photogranules (OPGs) generated in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treating wastewater without aeration and OPGs cultivated under hydrostatic conditions used to seed an SBR reactor. Using isopycnic centrifugation the average density was found be 1037 kg/m3 1050 for OPGs, respectively. The had measured settling velocities range 0.001–0....