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Nitrite accumulation always accompanies with the nitrification process under the conditions of high concentration of free ammonia (FA) or free nitrous acid (FNA). The impact of FA and FNA concentration on nitrite-oxidising bacteria (NOB) was not clear. In this study, NOB activated sludge was enriched in a lab-scale SBR system with high concentration of nitrite nitrogen wastewater. The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis of NOB-rich sludge showed that Nitrobacter accounted for (71 ± 5)% of total bacteria. The effects of different FA, FNA concentrations on NOB activity were investigated using the sludge. Results showed that NOB activity decreased gradually with the increase of FA concentration. The NOB was still oxidizing nitrite at half of the maximum activity (FA=0 mgNH3-N/L) at an FA concentration of 10 mgNH3-N/L. Low FNA concentration (FNA 2-N/L) was beneficial to enhance NOB activity and it was completely restrained when FNA ≥ 0.2 mg/L. The inhibition constant of FNA to NOB (KI, FNA, NOB) was 0.0968 mg/L with Aiba model. The activity of NOB decreased 50% as the FNA concentration increased from 0.003 mg/L to 0.0968 mg/L.
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China Environmental Science
ISSN: 1000-6923
Year: 2014
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Page: 1242-1247
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