title: Coupling of a bioelectrochemical system for p-nitrophenol removal in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor.
abstract: Coupling of a bioelectrochemical system (BES) into the upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) was developed for enhanced p-nitrophenol (PNP) removal in this study. Compared to the control UASB reactor, both PNP removal and the formation of its final reductive product p-aminophenol (PAP) were notably improved in the UASB-BES system. With the increase of current density from 0 to 4.71 A m(-3), the rates of PNP removal and PAP formation increased from 6.16 ± 0.11 and 4.21 ± 0.29 to 6.77 ± 0.00 and 6.11 ± 0.28 mol m(-3) d(-1), respectively. More importantly, the required dosage of organic cosubstrate was significantly reduced in the UASB-BES system than that in the UASB reactor. Organic carbon flux analysis suggested that biogas production from organic cosubstrate was seriously suppressed while direct anaerobic reduction of PNP was not remarkably affected by current input in the UASB-BES system. This study demonstrated that the UASB-BES coupling system had a promising potential for the removal of nitrophenol-containing wastewaters especially without adequate organic cosubstrates inside.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address: shenjinyou@mail.njust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jinyou
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiaopeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xinbai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Congxin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Libin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiuyun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Jiansheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China. Electronic address: yangmu@ustc.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address: wanglj@mail.njust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lianjun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000378:metabolism*; D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D019149:Bioreactors; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008697:Methane; D009596:Nitrophenols; D012722:Sewage; D062065:Wastewater; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C024836:4-nitrophenol
keywords: Bioelectrochemical system (BES); Organic carbon flux; Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB); p-Nitrophenol (PNP)