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Variation of Optimum Operational pH in Partial Nitritation

암모니아 폐수의 부분아질산화에서 최적 운전 pH의 변동

  • Bae, Wookeun (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Khan, Hammad (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • 배우근 (한양대학교 건설환경공학과) ;
  • Received : 2016.02.26
  • Accepted : 2016.03.25
  • Published : 2016.05.31
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Abstract

Nitrite accumulation is essential for constructing an anammox process. As the pH in the reactor exerts a complicated and strong influence on the reaction rate, we investigated its effects upon treatment of an ammonic wastewater (2,000 mgN/L) through modeling and experiment. The modeling results indicated that the reaction stability is strongly affected by pH, which results in a severe reduction of the 'stable region' of operation under alkaline environments. On a coordinate of the total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) concentration vs. pH, the maximal stable reaction rates and the maximal nitrite accumulation potentials could be found on the 'stability ridge' that separates the stable region from the unstable region. We achieved a stable and high ammonia oxidation rate (${\sim}6kgN/m^3-d$) with a nitrite accumulation ratio of ~99% when operated near the 'stability ridge'. The optimum pH that can be observed in experiments varies with the TAN concentrations utilized, although the intrinsic optimum pH is fixed. The direction of change is that the optimum operational pH falls as the TAN concentration increases, which is in excellent accordance with the observations in the literature. The optimum operational pH for 95% nitritation was predicted to be ~8.0, whereas it was ~7.2 for 55% partial nitritation to produce an anammox feed in our experimental conditions.

아질산화 반응을 통한 nitrite 축적은 단축질소제거 혹은 anammox 공정 수립을 위해 필수적이고 이 반응의 속도가 전체 질소제거공정의 효율에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 본 연구는 부유 미생물 연속류 반응기에서 pH 농도가 암모니아 폐수(2,000 mgN/L) 처리에 주는 복잡하고 다양한 영향 들을 modeling과 실험을 통해 종합적으로 분석하였다. modeling 연구 결과 반응의 안정성(stability)은 pH에 의해 지대한 영향을 받으며, free ammonia 저해가 심해지는 알칼리성 환경일수록 안정적 운전 영역(stable region)은 축소되었다. 기질과 pH의 좌표 상에서 stable region과 unstable region을 가르는 경계(stability ridge) 근처에서 안정적인 최대반응속도를 얻을 수 있고, 이 운전조건에서 아질산 축적 가능성도 최대가 되었다. stability ridge 근처의 조건에서 반응기를 운전한 결과 아질산화속도는 안정적으로 약 $6kgN/m^3-d$까지 얻을 수 있었고, 아질산축적율은 약 99% 이었다. 그러나 unstable region에서는 부하증가를 통한 반복된 교란 결과 유출수 암모니아 농도가 회복 불가능한 상태로 상승하였다. Modeling 결과 고유(intrinsic) 최적 pH 값을 고정하여도 실험에서 관찰되는 최적 운전 pH는 사용 기질의 농도가 높을수록 낮아지는 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 문헌에서 보고된 경향과 일치 하였다. 본 연구의 modeling 조건에서 95% 아질산화(5%는 암모니아로 잔존)를 위한 최적 운전 pH는 ~8.0인 것으로 예측되었으나, anammox 유입수 생산을 위해 55% 아질산화하려 할 때의 최적 운전 pH는 ~7.2로 낮아 졌다.

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