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EffectsofaNitrification/DenitrificationInhibitionCompoundonBiologicalWastewaterTreatment
MatthewPreisser1,KateNewhart2,andTzahiCath21AuburnUniversity,2ColoradoSchoolofMines
Introduction Distributedwastewatertreatmenthasthepotentialtocutenergycostsandconservewaterbyreusingtreatedwaterclosertothepointofgeneration.Sincedistributedwatertreatmentplantstraditionallyhavesmallercapacitythantheircentralizedcounterparts,pollutantscanhaveagreatereffectoneffluentquality.Thisworkexaminestheeffectsofaknownnitrificationanddenitrificationinhibitoronwatertreatment:sodiumazide.Inbiologicalwastewatertreatment,nitrificationanddenitrificationarenecessaryprocessestoconvertammoniainrawwastewaterintobioavailablenitrateandsubsequentlynitrogengasforcompletenitrogenremoval.Theremovalofnitrogenfromwastewaterisimportanttopreventdamagetoreceivingecosystems,andcrucialinthecaseofwaterreusetoprotectthehealthofconsumers.ExperimentalOverview Sodiumazide(NaAz)hasbeenstudiedasanitrification-inhibitor,inparticularabacteriostatic3herbicide1,2.Ifusedtotreatlargeswathsofcrops,distributedwastewatertreatmenthasthepotentialtotreattheagriculturalrunoff.Understandingtheeffectsofherbicidesonbiologicalwastewatertreatmentisnecessarytopreventaninterruptionineffluentquality.Fortheseexperiments,apuresolutionofNaAzwasusedtoinduceabiologicalperturbationinabatch,activatedsludgesystem.
Abenchscalejartestwith2Lreactorswereinitiallydosedwithreturnactivatedsludgefromademonstration-scalesequencing-batchmembranebioreactor(SB-MBR).After20minutesofsettling,effluentwaterqualitywasmeasuredusingvariousHach‘Test-N-Tube’tests(HachCompany,Loveland,CO),includingnitrate,totalnitrogen,ammonia,andchemicaloxygendemand(COD).Totalsuspendedsolidsoftheactivatedsludgeandconductivity,pH,andalkalinityoftheeffluentwerealsomeasured.Inthebenchscaletests,thehydraulicresidencetimewaskeptat24hoursbyremoving1Lofeffluentsupernatantwateranddosingwith1Lofraw,municipalwastewaterevery12hours.Threemainexperimentsweredevelopedandexecutedforthisproject,andaredescribedbelow.PulseDisturbance–Thefirstexperimentwasconductedasabenchscalejartest,wherevaryingconcentrationsofNaAz(0,0.1,1,10,100,1000ppm)weredosedasingletimeinsix2Ljars/bioreactors.Thisexperimentcanbeusedtorepresentasingledisturbance,suchasfromastormrunoffevent.PressDisturbance–Thesecondexperimentconductedmanipulatedthesamebenchscalejartest,whereNaAzwasdosedoverthecourseof72hours.Thisexperimentcanbeusedtorepresentacontinualdosingofanherbicideupstreamofawastewatertreatmentfacility.
SensorNetworkTest–Ammoniumandnitrateprobesweretestedinoneofthe2Lbioreactorsduringapulsedisturbancetotestitsfunctionality.ResultsExperiment1:PulseDisturbance ApulseinputofNaAzresultedinnearcompleteinhibitionofnitrificationatconcentrationsabove100ppm.Dosingofthesystemoccurredinthemorningof6/15.Thisisshownintheincreasedammonialevels(Figure1)anddecreasednitratelevels(Figure2).Qualitatively,athigherconcentrationsthesettleabilityofbioreactorsdecreasedwithincreasedconcentration(Figure3.)
Figure1:AmmoniaconcentrationsofeffluentwaterduringapulsedisturbanceofNaAz
Figure2:NitrateconcentrationsofeffluentwaterduringapulsedisturbanceofNaAz
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Figure3:Qualitativedifferencesinsettleabilityofbioreactorsdosedduringapulsedisturbanceat0and1000ppmExperiment2:PressDisturbance Bioreactorsweredosedoverthecourseof72hourswithNaAzinconcentrationsrangingfrom0to100ppm.TotalsuspendedsolidsorTSS(Figure4)decreasedovertimeduringthedosingperiodforbioreactorsdosedabove50ppm,whichcorrelateswithadecreaseinmicrobialactivity.
Figure4:GraphoftotalsuspendedsolidsorTSS(mg/L)duringapulsedisturbancewherebioreactorsweredosedfor72hourswithNaAz
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Experiment3:SensorNetwork Nitrateandammoniumprobes(VernierTechnologyandSoftware,Beaverton,Oregon)wereplacedina2Lbioreactorthatunderwentapulsedisturbanceat75ppm.DatawascollectedeverysecondovermultipledaysusinganArduinomicroprocessor.Abuildupofabiofilmandformationofairbubblesunderthemembranesoftheprobesshowedthatsensorsinanactivatedsludgesystemmustbemaintainedproperlytoensureaccuratereadingsovertime.Conclusions
• NaAzcompletelyinhibitsnitrificationatconcentrationsabove100ppm,inbothapulseandpressdisturbance
• NaAzandotherrelatedagriculturalproductshavethepotentialtoseriouslyharmthemicrobialecologyofbiologicalwastewatertreatmentsystems
• Sensornetworksinactivatedsludgesystemswillneedmorebenchscaletestingtodetermineamaintenance/calibrationscheduleinordertoimproveperformance
• COD,pH,alkalinity,andconductivityarenotasbeneficialtodetectperturbationeventsbecauseoftheirabilitytorecovertosteadystatevalues,comparedtonitrateandammoniumlevelswhicharemorepermanentlychanged
FutureWork
• Applyinganinhibitioncompoundtothepilotscalesequencingbatchmembranebioreactor(SB-MBR)locatedatMinesPark
• Examiningtheeffectsofacommercialgradeherbicide/fertilizerasanitrificationinhibitortounderstandtheeffectofamorecomplexmatrix
• Furtherdevelopmentandimplementationofthefaultdetectionprogramandsensornetwork
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