Effect of high nitrate concentration on PHB storage in sequencing batch reactor under anoxic conditions


ÇIĞGIN A. S., Karahan O., Orhon D.

BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, cilt.100, sa.3, ss.1376-1382, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 100 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.08.036
  • Dergi Adı: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1376-1382
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Acetate, Anoxic conditions, Denitrification potential, Substrate storage, Sequencing batch reactor, BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE METABOLISM, ACTIVATED-SLUDGE, NUTRIENT REMOVAL, NITROGEN REMOVAL, BIOCHEMICAL STORAGE, DENITRIFICATION, DESIGN, ACETATE, STOICHIOMETRY, WASTEWATERS
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The study investigated effect of high influent nitrate concentration on poly-0-hydroxybutyrate, (PHB), storage in a sequencing batch reactor, (SBR), under anoxic conditions. Acetate was fed as pulse during anoxic phase, sustained with external nitrate feeding. SBR operation involved three runs at steady state with COD/N ratios of 3.84, 2.93 and 1.54 gCOD/gN, where external nitrate concentrations gradually increased from 50 mg N/l to 114 mg N/l and 226 mg N/l, in 1st, 2nd and 3rd runs, respectively. In 1st run, acetate was fully converted. into PHB with the storage yield value of 0.57-0.59 gCOD/gCOD, calculated both in terms of PHB formation and NOx utilization, confirming storage was the sole substrate utilization mechanism. In the following runs, PHB formation was reduced and the storage yield based on PHB dropped down to 0.40 and 0.33 gCOD/gCOD with increasing influent nitrate concentrations, indicating that higher portions of acetate were diverted to simultaneous direct growth. The observations suggested that nitrite accumulation detected at low COD/N ratios was responsible for inhibition of PHB storage. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.