Biological oxidation of dissolved methane in effluents from anaerobic reactors using a down-flow hanging sponge reactor
Biological oxidation of dissolved methane in effluents from anaerobic reactors using a down-flow hanging sponge reactor
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DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.021
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发表时间:
2010-03-01
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12.8
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Ohashi, Akiyoshi
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作者:
Hatamoto, Masashi;Yamamoto, Hiroki;Ohashi, Akiyoshi
Anaerobic wastewater treatment plants discharge dissolved methane, which is usually not recovered. To prevent emission of methane, which is a greenhouse gas, we utilized an encapsulated down-flow hanging sponge reactor as a post-treatment to biologically oxidize dissolved methane. Within 3 weeks after reactor start-up, methane removal efficiency of up to 95% was achieved with a methane removal rate of 0.8 kg COD m(3) day(-1) at an HRT of 2 h. After increasing the methane-loading rate, the maximum methane removal rate reached 2.2 kg COD m(-3) day(-1) at an HRT of 0.5 h. On the other hand, only about 10% of influent ammonium was oxidized to nitrate during the first period, but as airflow was increased to 2.5 L day(-1), nitrification efficiency increased to approximately 70%. However, the ammonia oxidation rate then decreased with an increase in the methane-loading rate. These results indicate that methane oxidation occurred preferentially over ammonium oxidation in the reactor. Cloning of the 16S rRNA and pmoA genes as well as phylogenetic and T-RFLP analyses revealed that type I methanotrophs were the dominant methane oxidizers, whereas type II methanotrophs were detected only in minor portion of the reactor. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.