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The Sensitivity of a Specific Denitrification Rate under the Dissolved Oxygen Pressure

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  • Massimo Raboni

    (Civil Engineering, University of Pavia, 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy)

  • Paolo Viotti

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Rome “LA Sapienza”, 18, 00184 Roma, Italy)

  • Elena Cristina Rada

    (Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, 46, 21100 Varese, Italy)

  • Fabio Conti

    (Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, 46, 21100 Varese, Italy)

  • Maria Rosaria Boni

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Rome “LA Sapienza”, 18, 00184 Roma, Italy)

Abstract

The biological denitrification process is extensively discussed in scientific literature. The process requires anoxic conditions, but the influence of residual dissolved oxygen ( DO ) on the efficiency is not yet adequately documented. The present research aims to fill this gap by highlighting the effects of DO on the specific denitrification rate ( SDNR ) and consequently on the efficiency of the process. SDNR at a temperature of 20 °C ( SDNR 20°C ) is the parameter normally used for the sizing of the denitrification reactor in biological-activated sludge processes. A sensitivity analysis of SNDR 20°C to DO variations is developed. For this purpose, two of the main empirical models illustrated in the scientific literature are taken into consideration, with the addition of a deterministic third model proposed by the authors and validated by recent experimentations on several full-scale plants. In the first two models, SDNR 20°C is expressed as a function of the only variable food:microrganism ratio in denitrification ( F:M DEN ), while in the third one, the dependence on DO is made explicit. The sensitivity analysis highlights all the significant dependence of SDNR 20°C on DO characterized by a logarithmic decrease with a very pronounced gradient in correspondence with low DO concentrations. Moreover, the analysis demonstrates the relatively small influence of F:M DEN on the SDNR 20°C and on the correlation between SDNR 20°C and DO . The results confirm the great importance of minimizing DO and limiting, as much as possible, the transport of oxygen in the denitrification reactor through the incoming flows and mainly the mixed liquor recycle. Solutions to achieve this result in full-scale plants are reported.

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  • Massimo Raboni & Paolo Viotti & Elena Cristina Rada & Fabio Conti & Maria Rosaria Boni, 2020. "The Sensitivity of a Specific Denitrification Rate under the Dissolved Oxygen Pressure," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(24), pages 1-12, December.
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