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Effects of rapid temperature rising on nitrogen removal and microbial community variation of anoxic/aerobic process for ABS resin wastewater treatment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research volume 24, pages 5509–5520 (2017)Cite this article

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Abstract

ABS resin wastewater is a high-temperature nitrogenous organic wastewater. It can be successfully treated with anoxic/aerobic (A/O) process. In this study, the effect of temperature on nitrogen removal and microbial community after quick temperature rise (QTR) was investigated. It was indicated that QTR from 25 to 30 °C facilitated the microbial growth and achieved a similar effluent quality as that at 25 °C. QTR from 25 to 35 °C or 40 °C resulted in higher effluent concentration of chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP). Illumina MiSeq pyrosequencing analysis illustrated that the richness and diversity of the bacterial community was decreased as the temperature was increased. The percentage of many functional groups was changed significantly. QTR from 25 to 40 °C also resulted in the inhibition of ammonia oxidation rate and high concentration of free ammonia, which then inhibited the growth of NOB (Nitrospira), and thus resulted in nitrite accumulation. The high temperature above 35 °C promoted the growth of a denitrifying bacterial genus, Denitratisoma, which might increase N2O production during the denitrification process.

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The work was supported by Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (2012ZX07201-005).

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    Huilong Luo, Liwei Yang & Yaqian Zhao

  2. Research Center of Water Pollution Control Technology, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, People’s Republic of China

    Huilong Luo, Yudong Song & Yuexi Zhou

  3. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China

    Huilong Luo, Yudong Song & Yuexi Zhou

  4. UCD Dooge Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

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Luo, H., Song, Y., Zhou, Y. et al. Effects of rapid temperature rising on nitrogen removal and microbial community variation of anoxic/aerobic process for ABS resin wastewater treatment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 5509–5520 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-8233-5

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Keywords

  • ABS resin wastewater
  • Nitrogen removal
  • Quick temperature rise
  • 16S rRNA gene sequences