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In the present study, anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria is immobilized in carrier materials of polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) using N,N,N,'N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) as the promoter and potassium persulfate (KPS) as the initiator, respectively. Based on orthogonal experiments, the optimal conditions of immobilizing is found to be 10% PEGDA monomer, 0.25% KPS, and 0.5% TEMED for polymerizing at 20 degrees C for approximately 5 min, with bacteria to gel ratio of 1:1. In a continuous-flow experiment, the average ammonium and nitrite removal rate of immobilized anammox granules with 8 h hydraulic detention time (HRT) gradually increases after a short period of activity recovery, and finally reaches 91% for ammonium and 83% for nitrate. The removal rate of ammonium and nitrite is still over 50% (63% and 55%, respectively) as the HRT decreases to 4 h, indicating that the immobilized granules have a strong resistance to nitrogen shock-loading. Additionally, no granule crushing or suspended solids are observed in the effluent during the 100 d operation, indicative of the strong mechanical properties of the anammox immobilized granules. Notably, the content of heme c in the anammox immobilized granules rises with a corresponding increase of nitrogen removal rate, and reduces due to the nitrogen loading shock. The formation of channels inside the PEGDA granules and a large number of anammox bacteria filling the channels is observed by scanning electron microscopy. Microbial community analysis using high-throughput sequencing reveals that Candidatus Kuenenia, the primary anammox bacteria inside the PEGDA granules, increases from 6.58% to 9.8% after the 100 d run, indicative of superb biocompatibility and substrate transferring performance of PEGDA as a carrier.
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DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT
ISSN: 1944-3994
Year: 2019
Volume: 146
Page: 296-304
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ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
ESI HC Threshold:136
JCR Journal Grade:4
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