Agricultural use of municipal wastewater sludges: phosphorus availability of biological excess phosphorus removal sludges

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 131-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Erdincler ◽  
L.D. Seyhan
Keyword(s):  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Phosphorus Availability ◽  
Available P ◽  
P Availability ◽  
Alkaline Soil ◽  
Biological Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Pot Experiments ◽  
Agricultural Use ◽  
Biological Phosphorus

Reuse of sewage sludges as phosphorus fertiliser requires the estimation of the plant availabilities of phosphorus (P) from different sludges. This study investigates the effect of lime stabilisation on the phosphorus availability from biological phosphorus removal sludges. In the first part of the study, pot experiments were carried out to assess the fertilising effect of a dewatered biological phosphorus removal sludge. Availability of P was determined in terms of plant-uptake. In the second part of the study, incubation tests were carried out to observe the change in the available P with time when the waste activated sludge (WAS) from an enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process is mixed with the same soil. In this part, the plant available P was measured in terms of Olsen extractable P. A P-deficient, alkaline soil was used in the experiments and Lollium Perenne was selected as the testing plant. The results of the pot experiments revealed that lime-stabilisation of the sludge considerably decreased or retarded the availability of P in the sludge. In the incubation tests, the availability of phosphorus in the lime stabilised and non-stabilised sludge amended soil samples was close to each other. In general, P-availability was increased due to the sludge application except for the lime-stabilised dewatered sludge.

Effect of lime stabilisation of enhanced biological phosphorus removal sludges on the phosphorus availability to plants

2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Seyhan ◽  
A. Erdincler
Keyword(s):  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
P Availability ◽  
Alkaline Soil ◽  
Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Biological Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Soil P ◽  
Pot Experiments ◽  
Application Rates ◽  
Biological Phosphorus

This study investigates the phosphorus (P) availability in lime stabilised biological phosphorus removal sludges. Lime-stabilised sludge amendments (LS), non-stabilised sludge amendments (S) and amendments with a chemical fertiliser (TSP) were compared through plant uptake of P and Olsen-extractable P for this purpose. In the first part of the study, pot experiments were performed, where a dewatered biological phosphorus removal sludge was applied to pots at increasing rates of P. A P-deficient, alkaline soil was used in the experiments and Lollium perenne was the testing plant. In the second part (incubation tests), the waste activated sludge from an Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) process was mixed with the same soil at a pre-determined P-based rate. The pot experiments showed that, the efficiency of the fertilising materials, based on the minimum P applied to reach the maximum yield, was in the following order: S∼LS>TSP. However, the P concentration in the plant tissue was in the order of TSP>S>LS for all P application rates. In the incubation tests, the EBPR sludge raised the soil P-level from the low range to the medium range. The P-availability in TSP decreased rapidly with time whereas that in S and LS remained almost constant.

The EAWAG Bio-P module for activated sludge model No. 3

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 61-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Siegrist ◽  
L. Rieger ◽  
G. Koch ◽  
M. Kühnl ◽  
W. Gujer
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Endogenous Respiration ◽  
Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Biological Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Batch Experiments ◽  
Standard Parameter ◽  
Biological Phosphorus

An additional module for the prediction of enhanced biological phosphorus removal is presented on the basis of a calibrated version of ASM3. The module uses modified processes from ASM2d but neglects the fermentation of readily degradable substrate. Biomass decay is modeled in the form of endogenous respiration as in ASM3. The glycogen pool and biologically induced P-precipitation is not taken into account. The module was systematically calibrated with experimental data from various batch experiments, a full-scale WWTP and a pilot plant treating Swiss municipal wastewater. A standard parameter set allowed all data to be simulated.

Microbial community of biological phosphorus removal process fed with municipal wastewater under different electron acceptor conditions

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Shoji ◽  
T. Nittami ◽  
M. Onuki ◽  
H. Satoh ◽  
T. Mino
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Biological Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Removal Process ◽  
Biological Phosphorus

The microbial community in a biological phosphorus removal process under different electron acceptor conditions was estimated by polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) assay and principal-component analysis (PCA). For this purpose, a lab-scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) fed with municipal wastewater was operated under anaerobic–aerobic, anaerobic–anoxic–aerobic and anaerobic–anoxic conditions. The results of PCR-DGGE targeting the 16S rRNA gene indicated a significant shift in the microbial community with electron acceptor conditions. From the 16S rRNA-based PCA, the microbial shift implies that little oxygen supply caused the deterioration of aerobic bacteria, including aerobic polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs). Moreover, it also reflects the existence of nitrate-utilizing denitrifiers. On the other hand, although the band patterns of DGGE targeting a functional gene of denitrification (nirS) also showed the microbial shift, the result of PCA differed from that of 16S rRNA-based analysis. There is no conclusive proof that the bacteria represented as the dominant bands detected in the present study are denitrifying-PAOs so far, it should be worthwhile to identify the detected bacteria and to examine their traits as new denitrifying-PAO candidates.

Simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal (SNDPR) in a full-scale water reclamation plant located in warm climate

2016 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 448-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Yang ◽  
Nan Shen ◽  
Zarraz M.-P. Lee ◽  
Guangjing Xu ◽  
Yeshi Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Tropical Region ◽  
Biological Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Wastewater Reclamation ◽  
Warm Climate ◽  
Uptake Pattern ◽  
Microbial Analysis ◽  
Biological Phosphorus

The combination of simultaneous nitrification-denitrification (SND) with enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) provides a more efficient and economically viable option for nutrient removal from municipal wastewater compared to conventional two-step nitrification-denitrification. This study analyzed the nutrients (N and P) profiles in a full-scale municipal wastewater reclamation plant (WRP) located in the tropical region, in which more than 90% of nitrogen was removed. Interestingly, average SND efficiency in aerobic zones was found to be up to 50%, whereas phosphorus profile displayed a clear cyclic release and uptake pattern with a phosphorus removal efficiency of up to 76%. The capability of sludge to perform SND and EBPR was further confirmed through a series of batch experiments. Microbial analysis revealed the presence of Accumulibacter and Tetrasphaera phosphate accumulating organisms in the plant, while few glycogen accumulating organisms (GAO) was observed. This study showed the significant occurrence of combined SND and EBPR, known as simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal (SNDPR), in the studied WRP under warm climate. The possible causes behind the observed SNDPR were also discussed.

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