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Treatment performance of multistage active biological process (MSABP) reactor for saline sauerkraut wastewater: acclimatization, optimization and improvement

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The wastewater with a high concentration of organics and salt is a major contaminant in the production of sauerkraut. In this study, a multistage active biological process (MSABP) system was constructed to treat sauerkraut wastewater. The key process parameters of the MSABP system were analyzed and optimized by response surface methodology. The optimization results indicated that the most optimal removal efficiencies and removal loading rates of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and NH4+-N were 87.9%, 95.5%, 2.11 kg·m−3·d−1 and 0.12 kg·m−3·d−1, respectively, with hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 2.5 d and pH of 7.3. Meanwhile, this system could also be improved for the further treatment of COD and total nitrogen by effluent recycle and ozone oxidation. The COD and total nitrogen removal efficiencies of the modified MSABP system were 99.9% and 60.2%, respectively. In addition, the modified system could also reduce the potential harm from high concentrations of NO2−-N.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Young and middle-aged scientific and technological innovation talents program of Shenyang in 2020 (RC200538), National Key R&D Program of China (2020YFC1806402), National Natural Science Foundation of China (21677030) and Major key and core technology research project (direction of water pollution control industry chain), Science and Technology Plan of Shenyang in 2020 (20-202-4-37). Mingdong Chang was financially supported by the scholarship (202106080057) from China Scholarship Council (CSC). Special thanks also go to Dr. FUMITAKE NISHIMURA (Kyoto University), who has commented on numerous earlier drafts of this paper.

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Young and middle-aged scientific and technological innovation talents program of Shenyang in 2020, RC200538, Major key and core technology research project (direction of water pollution control industry chain), Science and Technology Plan of Shenyang in 2020,20-202-4-37, National Key R&D Program of China, 2020YFC1806402, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 21677030, China Scholarship Council, 202106080057.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, 3-11, Wenhua Road, Heping District, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Youzhao Wang, Tong Zhu & Mingdong Chang

  2. Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, 1-2 Yumihama, Otsu, 520-0811, Japan

    Yong Jie Wong & Mingdong Chang

  3. College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, No.5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, People’s Republic of China

    Kuo Zhang

  4. DongYuan Environment S&T, 400-19, Zhihui 2 Road, Hunnan District, Shenyang, 110004, China

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  5. Department of Bioenvironmental Design, Faculty of Bioenvironmental Science, Kyoto University of Advance Science, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Yong Jie Wong

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Wang, Y., Zhu, T., Wong, Y.J. et al. Treatment performance of multistage active biological process (MSABP) reactor for saline sauerkraut wastewater: acclimatization, optimization and improvement. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 46, 981–993 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-023-02877-2

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