Nitrogen removal using recycled polystyrene bottles as biofilm media

Authors
Ahn, KHHwang, JHSong, KGJung, YHCho, ESLim, BRKim, KS
Issue Date
2004-04
Publisher
KOREAN INST METALS MATERIALS
Citation
METALS AND MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL, v.10, no.2, pp.167 - 170
Abstract
The performance of an attached growth wastewater treatment process was investigated in an effort to improve nitrogen removal efficiency. Recycled Yakult (lactic acid fermentation drink) bottles made of polystyrene were used as a biofilm media. The use of Yakult bottles as a biofilm media has been attempted by numerous researchers in Japan for the removal of solids and organics. However, these studies focused only on the removal of solids and organics. This study extended their application to the removal of nitrogen for domestic sewage treatment. Yakult media was placed in a reactor with 70%,apparent reactor volume in a conventional A/O process. The bottom of the Yakult media was removed, and randomly filled Yakult media were effectively able to reduce the flow in tanks, resulting in an increase in the contact time between pollutants and microorganisms. With higher HRT, the nitrogen removal efficiency was increased by up to 83% with 12 hr of HRT. Nitrification appeared to be the limiting factor of nitrogen removal at an HRT that is less than 12 hr, indicating that the Yakult process requires more retention time to achieve nitrification compared to other biofilm processes. The removal efficiencies of organics and solids were high regardless of the change of operational parameters.
Keywords
NITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; attached growth; nitrogen removal; waste-plastic; Yakult
ISSN
1598-9623
URI
https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/137721
DOI
10.1007/BF03027321
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