Nitrifying granules cultivation in a sequencing batch reactor at a low organics-to-total nitrogen ratio in wastewater |
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Authors: | A Cydzik-Kwiatkowska I Wojnowska-Bary?a |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Environmental Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Słoneczna 45G, 10-709 Olsztyn, Poland |
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Abstract: | It is possible to cultivate aerobic granular sludge at a low organic loading rate and organics-to-total nitrogen (COD/N) ratio
in wastewater in the reactor with typical geometry (height/diameter = 2.1, superficial air velocity = 6 mm/s). The noted nitrification
efficiency was very high (99%). At the highest applied ammonia load (0.3 ± 0.002 mg NH4+–N g total suspended solids (TSS)−1 day−1, COD/N = 1), the dominating oxidized form of nitrogen was nitrite. Despite a constant aeration in the reactor, denitrification
occurred in the structure of granules. Applied molecular techniques allowed the changes in the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
(AOB) community in granular sludge to be tracked. The major factor influencing AOB number and species composition was ammonia
load. At the ammonia load of 0.3 ± 0.002 mg NH4+–N g TSS−1 day−1, a highly diverse AOB community covering bacteria belonging to both the Nitrosospira and Nitrosomonas genera accounted for ca. 40% of the total bacteria in the biomass. |
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