CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS OF ANAMMOX IN MAINSTREAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS

MENG Xiaojun; HAN Yong; HUANG Zhigui; GONG Xiaosong

doi:10.13205/j.hjgc.202210027

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MENG Xiaojun, HAN Yong, HUANG Zhigui, GONG Xiaosong. CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS OF ANAMMOX IN MAINSTREAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING , 2022, 40(10): 203-214. doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202210027

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MENG Xiaojun, HAN Yong, HUANG Zhigui, GONG Xiaosong. CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS OF ANAMMOX IN MAINSTREAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING , 2022, 40(10): 203-214. doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202210027

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CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS OF ANAMMOX IN MAINSTREAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS

doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202210027

School of Tourism and Environment, Ankang University, Ankang 725000, China

Received Date: 2021-12-16

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Anammox technology has great application prospects for nitrogen removal in mainstream wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). It has significant advantages in terms of high efficiency and energy saving, sludge reduction and greenhouse gas emission reduction, and has become the research focus and hot spot in the mainstream wastewater treatment field. This article summarized the mainstream wastewater Anammox process, analyzed the possible reasons for the presence of anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AAOB) in the general wastewater, and conducted an in-depth analysis on low temperature, nitrite and nitrogen removal efficiency that hindered the realization of Anammox, and proposed countermeasures to realize mainstream Anammox. It considered that the realization of high-latitude mainstream Anammox was more suitable for use of PDA (partial denitrification coupled with Anammox). A process route to achieve mainstream Anammox was proposed. AAOB biological characteristics analysis, the formation mechanism and function of PDA granular sludge/biofilm, pilot test and field application of PDA process, and realization of mainstream WWTPs PDA in situ were considered the focus of future mainstream Anammox.
- wastewater treatment plant,
- biological denitrification,
- Anammox bacteria,
- partial-nitrification Anammox,
- partial denitrification Anammox

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