title: [Study on 3-nitrophenol wastewater treatment in UASB].
abstract: Characteristics of anaerobic granules before and after acclimation, removal efficiencies of 3-nitrophenol (3-NP) and performance of 3-NP wastewater treatment were investigated in a lab-scale upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB). The results showed that granular sludge acclimatized to 3-NP rapidly during acclimation. Using SEM, the filamentous bacteria was the predominant bacteria on the surface of granules. Throughout the study of 3-NP wastewater anaerobic degradation, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and input COD concentration were kept constant as 26 h and 2 500 mg/L, respectively. While 3-NP concentrations increasing from 20 mg/L to 250 mg/L gradually, COD removal decreased from 95.2% to 85.1% and 3-NP removal efficiencies were always more than 99%. 3-AP was found to be the major intermediate during the degradation of 3-NP. Out of the total input of 3-NP concentration, on molar basis, about 58.7% - 111.9% of 3-NP was recovered in the form of 3-AP. With increasing 3-NP concentration, the variations of gas production were minimal. The minimum methane percentage was 65% and the maximum was 74%.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Gang
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zong-Lian
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: She
authors.forename: Jian-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Meng-Chun
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D008697:Methane / Q000032:analysis; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009596:Nitrophenols; D012722:Sewage; D008697:Methane; C049017:3-nitrophenol