Abstract
A laboratory-scale up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor was used to investigate the effects of temperature-based (single and combined with loading) shocks on the performance of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) reactor. The reactor was tolerant to 15°C and 25°C shocks; however, temperature shock of 55°C led to severe accumulation of effluent NO2--N (>100mgL-1), which induced substrate inhibition. Although the shock experiments achieved a maximum effluent NO2--N concentration of 205.4mgL-1 after a hydraulic retention time-substrate concentration shock at 25°C, the inhibition was still reversible. During the experiments, the content of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) increased significantly after each shock to protect the anammox bacteria, and the value decreased correspondingly at the end of the recovery phase. The specific anammox activity showed the opposite tendency compared with that of the EPS. The performance of anammox reactor under a series of short-term temperature shocks was investigated, and the results can provide new ideas for future research.
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