Synchronous Achievement of Advanced Nitrogen Removal and N2O Reduction in the Anoxic Zone in the AOA Process for Low C/N Municipal Wastewater.
Environ Sci Technol
; 58(5): 2335-2345, 2024 Feb 06.
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Continuous flow processes for the in situ determination of N2O emissions during low C/N municipal wastewater treatment have rarely been reported. The anaerobic/aerobic/anoxic (AOA) process has recently shown promising potential in energy savings and advanced nitrogen removal, but it still needs to be comprehensively explored in relation to N2O emissions for its carbon reduction advantages. In this study, a novel gas-collecting continuous flow reactor was designed to comprehensively evaluate the emissions of N2O from the gas and liquid phases of the AOA process. Additionally, the measures of enhancing endogenous denitrification (ED) and self-enriching anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) were employed to optimize nitrogen removal and achieve N2O reduction in the anoxic zone. The results showed that enhanced ED coupled with Anammox led to an increase in the nitrogen removal efficiency (NRE) from 67.65 to 81.96%, an enhancement of the NO3- removal rate from 1.76 mgN/(L h) to 3.99 mgN/(L h), and the N2O emission factor in the anoxic zone decreased from 0.28 to 0.06%. Impressively, ED eliminated 91.46 ± 2.47% of the dissolved N2O from the upstream aerobic zone, and the dissolved N2O in the effluent was reduced to less than 0.01 mg/L. This study provides valuable strategies for fully evaluating N2O emissions and N2O reduction from the AOA process.
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