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Pilot-Scale Hydrolysis-Aerobic Treatment for Actual Municipal Wastewater: Performance and Microbial Community Analysis

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  • Xiao Bian

    (State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Hui Gong

    (State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Kaijun Wang

    (State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

Abstract

Low-energy cost wastewater treatment is required to change its current energy-intensive status. Although promising, the direct anaerobic digestion of municipal wastewater treatment faces challenges such as low organic content and low temperature, which require further development. The hydrolysis-aerobic system investigated in this study utilized the two well-proven processes of hydrolysis and aerobic oxidation. These have the advantages of efficient COD removal and biodegradability improvement with limited energy cost due to their avoidance of aeration. A pilot-scale hydrolysis-aerobic system was built for performance evaluation with actual municipal wastewater as feed. Results indicated that as high as 39–47% COD removal was achieved with a maximum COD load of 1.10 kg/m 3 ·d. The dominant bacteria phyla included Proteobacteria (36.0%), Planctomycetes (15.4%), Chloroflexi (9.7%), Bacteroidetes (7.7%), Firmicutes (4.4%), Acidobacteria (2.5%), Actinobacteria (1.8%) and Synergistetes (1.3%), while the dominant genera included Thauera (3.42%) and Dechloromonas (3.04%). The absence of methanogens indicates that the microbial community was perfectly retained in the hydrolysis stage instead of in the methane-producing stage.

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  • Xiao Bian & Hui Gong & Kaijun Wang, 2018. "Pilot-Scale Hydrolysis-Aerobic Treatment for Actual Municipal Wastewater: Performance and Microbial Community Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-8, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:3:p:477-:d:135500
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    1. Meishu Wang & Hui Gong, 2018. "Not-in-My-Backyard: Legislation Requirements and Economic Analysis for Developing Underground Wastewater Treatment Plant in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-10, October.
    2. Chaonan Han & Hao Wu & Ningning Sun & Yu Tang & Yan Dai & Tianhao Dai, 2022. "Differences in Carbon and Nitrogen Migration and Transformation Driven by Cyanobacteria and Macrophyte Activities in Taihu Lake," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-14, December.

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