Enrichment and biofilm formation of Anammox bacteria in a non-woven membrane reactor

Shou Qing Ni; Po Heng Lee; Anania Fessehaie; Bao Yu Gao; Shihwu Sung

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.050

Enrichment and biofilm formation of Anammox bacteria in a non-woven membrane reactor

Shou Qing Ni, Po Heng Lee, Anania Fessehaie, Bao Yu Gao, Shihwu Sung

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Abstract

An innovative reactor configuration for Anammox enrichment by connecting a non-woven membrane module with an anaerobic reactor was developed in this study. The Anammox non-woven membrane reactor (ANMR) exhibited high biomass retention ability through the formation of aggregates in the reactor and biofilm on the interior surface of the non-woven membrane. No fouling problems occurred on the membrane after the development of mature biofilms. After 8 months of operation, the nitrogen loading rate (NLR) and nitrogen removal rate (NRR) reached 1263 mg N/l/d and 1047.5 mg N/l/d, respectively, with a maximum specific ammonium consumption (SAC) of 51 nmol/mg protein/min. At steady state, the average ammonium and nitrite removal efficiencies were 90.9% and 95.0%, respectively. Morphological observation of Anammox aggregates and biofilm showed a high degree of compactness. Also, enrichment of Anammox bacteria was quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis as 97.7%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1792-1799
Number of pages	8
Journal	Bioresource Technology
Volume	101
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.050
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anammox
Biofilm
Enrichment
Nitrogen removal
Non-woven membrane reactor

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Bioengineering
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Waste Management and Disposal

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