| Optimization of phosphorus reduction in BNR process |
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학술지명 Desalination and Water Treatment
저자 이승윤,민경석,권구호,김시원,최윤미
발표일 2012-01-30
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The removal of the phosphorus contained in wastewater can be carried out by physic-chemicalor by biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process. Currently, the biological phosphorusremoval process has been attracting attention. Because of its low capital and operational costscompared with those of chemical precipitation processes. According to the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA), TPeff. concentration decrease to 0.3 mg/l by using the biological treatment[1,2]. Therefore, in this study, we experimented with enhancing the BNR process by injectingan external carbon source into the anaerobic phase. Afterwards, when the phosphoruswas released or accumulated in poly-p accumulating organisms (PAOs), we measured the behaviorof cations. When the BNR process is injected with an external carbon source in the anaerobicphase was operated, the removal effi ciency of TP in the effl uent was 94.48% at the maximum,and Org-P, which is diffi cult to remove by chemical treatment only, was removed considerably.Likewise, some of the external carbon source affected the nitrogen removal. By estimating themetal cations concentration in the anaerobic phase, K+, Mg2+ was used as a parameter to controlthe amount of external carbon which had to be injected. Our results showed that TP treatmentwith BNR met the criteria of effl uent quality and is a cost-effective and environmentally soundalternative when compared with chemical treatment. |