『Abstract
In this study, the N2O emission from an
intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactor (IASBR-1) treating
the separated liquid fraction of anaerobically digested pig manure
(SLAP) was investigated. The wastewater had chemical oxygen demand
(COP) concentrations of 11,540±869 mg l-1, 5-day biochemical
oxygen demand (BOD5) concentrations of 2,900±200
mg l-1 and total nitrogen concentrations of 4,041±59
mg l-1, with low COP:N ratios (2.9, on average) and
BOD5:N ratios (0.72, on average). Synthetic
wastewater, simulating the SLAP with similar COP and nitrogen
concentrations but with higher BOD5 concentrations
of up to 11,500±100 mg l-1, was treated in another
identical reactor (IASBR-2) to compare the effects of carbon source
on nutrient removals and N2O emissions. In
steady-state, soluble N2O accumulated in
the non-aeration periods, with the highest N2O
concentrations measured at the end of the non-aeration periods.
There was a significant reduction in N2O
concentrations during the aeration periods with reductions occurring
immediately on commencement of aeration. The mean N2O
emissions in an operational cycle were 253.6 and 205.3 mg for
IASBR-1 and IASBR-2, respectively. During the non-aeration periods,
only 8.3% and 8.4% of total N2O emissions
occurred in IASBR-1 and IASBR-2, respectively; while during the
aeration periods, 91.7% and 91.6% of N2O
emissions rook place in IASBR-a and IASBR-2, respectively. The
mean specific N2O generation rates were 0.010
and 0.005 mg (g VSS・min)-1 in the aeration periods,
0.024 and 0.021 mg (g VSS・min)-1 in the non-aeration
periods for IASBR-1 and IASBR-2, respectively. Mean nitrogen removal
via N2O emissions was 15.6% and 10.1% for
IASBR-1 and IASBR-2, respectively. The IASBR-1 with low influent
BOD5 concentrations emitted and generated
more N2O.
Keywords: Anaerobic digestion; Intermittently aerated sequencing
batch reactor; Nitrite; Nitrous oxide; Pig manure』
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
2.1. Intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactors
2.2. SLAP and the synthetic wastewater
2.3. Analytical methods
3. Results and discussion
3.1. N2O emissions and generation in
IASBRs
3.2. Nitrogen balance
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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