title: Behaviors of biomass and kinetic parameter for nitrifying species in A²O process at different sludge retention time.
abstract: The effect of sludge retention time (SRT) on biomass, kinetic parameters, and stoichiometric parameters of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in anaerobic/anoxic/oxic (A(2)O) process were explored in this study. The results showed that the growth rate constants were 1.52, 1.22, and 0.85 day(-1), respectively, for AOB, those were 1.59, 1.19, and 0.87 day(-1), respectively, for NOB when SRT was 20, 10, and 5 days. The lysis rate constants of AOB and NOB were 0.14 and 0.09 day(-1), respectively. The yield coefficients were 0.23 and 0.22, respectively, for AOB and NOB. They did not change with SRT obviously. The biomass of AOB was 50.94, 26.35, and 14.68 mg L(-1), respectively, and the biomass of NOB was 116.77, 60.00, and 44.25 mg L(-1), respectively, at SRT of 20, 10, and 5 days. When SRT diminished from 20 to 5 days, the biomass of AOB and NOB diminished by 36.26 and 75.52 mg L(-1), respectively. The removal efficiency of NH4 (+)-N diminished by 68.9 %. The removal efficiency of total nitrogen diminished by 42.9 %.
authors.affiliation: Master Program of Environmental Education and Management, Department of Science Education and Application, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung, 40306, Taiwan, bai@ms6.hinet.net.
authors.forename: Tzu-Yi
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Huang-Mu
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Terng-Jou
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Shun-Cheng
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Pei-Yu
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yu-Ting
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D018533:Biomass; D058465:Nitrification; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage