Thursday, January 17, 2013

Inhibitory effect of 2,4-dichlorophenol on nitrogen removal in a sequencing batch reactor

CATEGORY: NITROGEN REMOVAL
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, July 2012, Volume 29, Issue 7, pp 886-890
Inhibitory effect of 2,4-dichlorophenol on nitrogen removal in a sequencing batch reactor
Jun-Wei Lim, Si-Ling Ng, Siok-Moi Khor, Chye-Eng Seng
School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Abstract
Reports the inhibitory effect of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) on nitrogen removal in the sequencing batch reactor (SBR) system. The reactor was operated with FILL, REACT (nitrification: denitrification), SETTLE, DRAW and IDLE phases in the duration ratio of 2: 12 (9: 3): 1: 1: 8 for a 24 h cycle time. Researchers observed the deterioration of 2,4-DCP removal efficiency from 100 to 41% when the influent concentration of 2,4-DCP was increased to 30mg/L. They found that residual 2,4-DCP remaining in the mixed liquor inhibited the nitrification process, resulting in the decrease of nitrogen removal efficiency to 25 %.
Results of a kinetic study revealed that the experimental data of ammoniacal nitrogen (AN) removal at every stage fitted well to the first-order kinetics equation with high R2 values. However, the observed gradual recovering of AN removal with respect to the removal efficiency and kinetics during the recovery stage indicated that the inhibitory effect of 2,4-DCP on the nitrification process was reversible.
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