Total bacterial and ammonia-oxidizer community structure in moving bed biofilm reactors treating municipal wastewater and inorganic synthetic wastewater

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 135-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levin Pal ◽  
Barbara Kraigher ◽  
Barbara Brajer-Humar ◽  
Marjetka Levstek ◽  
Ines Mandic-Mulec
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
Ammonia Oxidizer ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Biofilm Reactors

Tertiary nitrification in pure oxygen moving bed biofilm reactors

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 361-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Bonomo ◽  
G. Pastorelli ◽  
E. Quinto ◽  
G. Rinaldi
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Ammonia Nitrogen ◽  
Pure Oxygen ◽  
Secondary Effluent ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Typical Application ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Biofilm Reactors ◽  
Nitrogen Ratio

Two bench-scale reactors, fed with the secondary effluent of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), were used in order to study tertiary nitrification in pure oxygen moving bed biofilm reactors (PO-MBBRs) with patented KMT® media as biofilm carriers. The process allowed to measure very high nitrification rates, both in ammonia limiting conditions (up to 7 gN m−2 d−1; oxygen-to-ammonia nitrogen ratio higher than 3–4 mgO2 (mgN)−1) and in oxygen limiting conditions (up to 8 gN m−2 d−1; oxygen-to-ammonia nitrogen ratio lower than 1–2 mgO2 (mgN)−1). Since the process proved flexible and reliable, it is suitable for full-scale application to municipal WWTPs. Typical application could regard, but is not limited to, tertiary nitrification of secondary effluent from existing high-purity oxygen activated sludge systems designed to achieve only organic carbon removal.

The influence of carrier size and shape in the moving bed biofilm process

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 383-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ødegaard ◽  
B. Gisvold ◽  
J. Strickland
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Size And Shape ◽  
Biofilm Reactors ◽  
Biofilm Process ◽  
Surface Area Loading Rate ◽  
Carrier Size ◽  
Very High

The moving bed biofilm process is based on plastic carriers on which biomass attaches and grows. The original Kaldnes carrier was made of high-density polyethylene (density 0.95 gcm−1) that could be used in filling fractions (volume of carriers in empty reactor) up to 70% that gives a specific area of 350 m2m−3. Lately there has been an interest in the use of larger carrier elements, especially when using the process for upgrading of activated sludge plants. This paper analyses the influence of the carrier size and shape on performance, especially related to highly loaded plants working on municipal wastewater. The results demonstrate that moving bed biofilm reactors should be designed based on surface area loading rate (g COD/m2d) and that shape and size of the carrier do not seem to be significant as long as the effective surface area is the same. The results indicate that very high organic loads can be used in order to remove soluble COD but that the settleability of the sludge is negatively influenced at high loading rates.

Nitrification of municipal wastewater in moving-bed biofilm reactors

1995 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjørn Rusten ◽  
Lars J. Hem ◽  
Hallvard Ødegaard
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Biofilm Reactors

Impact of fine mesh sieve primary treatment on nitrogen removal in moving bed biofilm reactors

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Rusten ◽  
V. A. Razafimanantsoa ◽  
M. A. Andriamiarinjaka ◽  
C. L. Otis ◽  
A. K. Sahu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Primary Treatment ◽  
Treated Wastewater ◽  
Test Plant ◽  
Particle Removal ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Biofilm Reactors ◽  
Fine Mesh

The purpose of this project was to investigate the effect of selective particle removal during primary treatment on nitrogen removal in moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs). Two small MBBR pilot plants were operated in parallel, where one train treated 2 mm screened municipal wastewater and the other train treated wastewater that had passed through a Salsnes Filter SF1000 rotating belt sieve (RBS) with a 33 µs sieve cloth. The SF1000 was operated without a filter mat on the belt. The tests confirmed that, for the wastewater characteristics at the test plant, Salsnes Filter primary treatment with a 33 µs RBS and no filter mat produced a primary effluent that was close to optimum. Removal of organic matter with the 33 µs sieve had no negative effect on the denitrification process. Nitrification rates improved by 10–15% in the train with 33 µs RBS primary treatment. Mass balance calculations showed that without RBS primary treatment, the oxygen demand in the biological system was 36% higher. Other studies have shown that the sludge produced by RBS primary treatment is beneficial for biogas production and will also significantly improve sludge dewatering of the combined primary and biological sludge.

Hydrolysis of organic wastewater particles in laboratory scale and pilot scale biofilm reactors under anoxic and aerobic conditions

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 179-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. F. Janning ◽  
X. Le Tallec ◽  
P. Harremoës
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Mass Balance ◽  
Particulate Organic Matter ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Laboratory Scale ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
Aerobic Conditions ◽  
Biofilm Reactors ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Hydrolysis and degradation of particulate organic matter has been isolated and investigated in laboratory scale and pilot scale biofilters. Wastewater was supplied to biofilm reactors in order to accumulate particulates from wastewater in the filter. When synthetic wastewater with no organic matter was supplied to the reactors, hydrolysis of the particulates was the only process occurring. Results from the laboratory scale experiments under aerobic conditions with pre-settled wastewater show that the initial removal rate is high: rV, O2 = 2.1 kg O2/(m3 d) though fast declining towards a much slower rate. A mass balance of carbon (TOC/TIC) shows that only 10% of the accumulated TOC was transformed to TIC during the 12 hour long experiment. The pilot scale hydrolysis experiment was performed in a new type of biofilm reactor - the B2A® biofilter that is characterised by a series of decreasing sized granular media (80-2.5 mm). When hydrolysis experiments were performed on the anoxic pilot biofilter with pre-screened wastewater particulates as carbon source, a rapid (rV, NO3=0.7 kg NO3-N/(m3 d)) and a slowler (rV, NO3 = 0.3 kg NO3-N/(m3 d)) removal rate were observed at an oxygen concentration of 3.5 mg O2/l. It was found that the pilot biofilter could retain significant amounts of particulate organic matter, reducing the porosity of the filter media of an average from 0.35 to 0.11. A mass balance of carbon shows that up to 40% of the total incoming TOC accumulates in the filter at high flow rates. Only up to 15% of the accumulated TOC was transformed to TIC during the 24 hour long experiment.

scholarly journals Promoting the degradation of organic micropollutants in tertiary moving bed biofilm reactors by controlling growth and redox conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 414 ◽  
pp. 125535
Author(s):  
Ellen Edefell ◽  
Per Falås ◽  
Elena Torresi ◽  
Marinette Hagman ◽  
Michael Cimbritz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Redox Conditions ◽  
Organic Micropollutants ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Biofilm Reactors
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