title: [Novel phosphorus and nitrogen removal process for municipal sewage treatment: performance evaluation and design optimization].
abstract: A novel modified A2/O process (MMAO) was developed for nitrogen and phosphorus removal of municipal sewage. Bench-scale study was conducted to evaluate the performance of the MMAO process treating practical municipal sewage at normal temperature. Activated sludge model (ASM2D) was used to simulate the MMAO process and optimize its design and operation. It was found that the average treatment efficiency of COD, TN, NH4+-N and TP achieved by MMAO were up to 85.7%, 66.8%, 97.35% and 78.1%, respectively. When influent COD concentration of the system was more than 300 mg/L, a better nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiency of 70% and 90% were achieved. After being calibrated and validated by the experimental results, the activated sludge model of MMAO could simulate the biological reactions occurred in the systems excellently. Optimization design and operational parameters could be accomplished by the mechanical activated sludge modeling. Furthermore, the model could also evaluate the process performance under peak load and low temperature and presented a whole scheme toward the unit combination and operation control. The effluent quality of MMAO process under stable operating could reach the first (B) standard of Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Pollutants Discharge Standards (GB 18918-2002). The effluent of anaerobic unit was pumped directly into the anoxic unit to supply carbon source for denitrification instead of internal recirculation of mixture liquid, which would save operation cost significantly. The total hydraulic retention time of MMAO was lower than traditional biological organic removal system, so it was very suitable for the improvement of existing plant.
authors.affiliation: School of Municipal & Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. always7321@163.com
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xue-fei
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Nan-qi
authors.initials: NQ
authors.lastname: Ren