title: Modification of a full-scale sequencing batch reactor operational mode for biological nutrient removal.
abstract: Two biological nutrient removal modes, consisting of anaerobic, anoxic, and oxic sequences, were tested in a full-scale sequencing batch reactor. The modes, identified as BNR-S1 and BNR-S2, had average total nitrogen removals of 84 and 89%, respectively, for the months of August to October. Over the same period, total phosphorus removals for BNR-S1 and BNR-S2 were 88 and 87%, respectively. In contrast, total nitrogen and total phosphorus removals for the regular aerobic mode were 54.7 and 44.7%, respectively. When the wastewater temperature changed from approximately 20 to 15 degrees C in the winter months, total nitrogen and total phosphorus removals for BNR-S2 were reduced to 81 and 70%, respectively. Total nitrogen effluent concentrations were between 2.5 and 4 mg-N/L (at approximately 20 degrees C), while the effluent total phosphorus concentrations were between 1 and 2 mg/L. The BNR-S2 mode was found to require less energy per kilogram of soluble chemical oxygen demand removed than the regular and BNR-S1 modes.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Engineering Department, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cagatayhan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ersu
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arslankaya
authors.forename: Say Kee
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Lance
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aldrich
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Copeman
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019149:Bioreactors; D006801:Humans; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism*; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D009584:Nitrogen