Abstract
The alcohol precipitation wastewater discharged from the production of Chinese patent medicine (CPM) has an extremely high chemical oxygen demand (COD) and poor biodegradability. In this study, the biological treatment method of anaerobic digestion coupled with simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) was adopted to investigate its efficiency and to explore the mechanism of pollutant degradation in this process. The results showed that after 220 days of debugging, the coupled process operated stably. The influent COD, total nitrogen (TN), ammonium (NH4+-N), and lignin concentrations were 21,000 mg/L, 400 mg/L, 200 mg/L, and 1800 mg/L, respectively. The removal efficiencies of COD, TN, NH4+-N, and lignin were 97%, 85%, 96%, and 75%, respectively. Spectral detection technology analysis revealed that the wastewater contained alkanes, olefins, phenols, alcohols, unsaturated organics, aromatic compounds, and humic acids. After the treatment by each unit of the process, the three-dimensional fluorescence intensity decreased by 86%; the standard volume of fluorescence area integration declined by 78%; the stretching vibration band of aromatic compounds showed peak splitting; and the molecular weight parameter value in the ultraviolet region increased. These findings demonstrated that the humic acid substances in the wastewater were degraded, and the effect of removal of the macromolecular organic matter was remarkable.
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