Effect of HRT on the biological pre-denitrification process for the simultaneous removal of toxic pollutants from cokes wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 8824-8832

  Kim, Young Mo ^a   Park, Donghee ^a   Jeon, Che Ok ^b   Lee, Dae Sung ^c   Park, Jong Moon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cokes wastewater; Hydraulic retention time; Nitrification and denitrification; Pre denitrification process; Toxic pollutants

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COKE; CYANIDES; DENITRIFICATION; PHENOLS; POLLUTION;

AEROBIC REACTORS; COKES WASTEWATER; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LONG-TERM OPERATION; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; PRE-DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; TOXIC POLLUTANTS;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; CYANIDE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; THIOCYANATE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; COKE; CYANIDES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PHENOL; THIOCYANATES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 50349095816     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.04.050     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Akcil A. Destruction of cyanide in gold mill effluents: biological versus chemical treatment. Biotechnol. Adv. 21 (2003) 501-511
2. Amor L., Eiroa M., Kennes C., and Veiga M.C. Phenol biodegradation and its effect on the nitrification process. Water Res. 39 (2005) 2915-2920
3. APHA. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 20th ed. (1998), APHA, AWWA, WPCF, American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, USA
4. Barker, J.E., Thompson, R.J., 1973. Biological removal of carbon and nitrogen compounds from coke plant wastewater. EPA-R2-73-167.
5. Betts P.M., Rinder D.F., and Fleeker J.R. Thiocyanate utilization by an Arthrovacter. Can. J. Microbiol. 25 (1979) 1277-1282
6. Brond S., and Sund C. Biological removal of nitrogen in toxic industrial effluents, high in ammonia. Water Sci. Technol. 29 9 (1994) 231-240
7. Chakraborty S., and Veeramani H. Effect of HRT and recycle ratio on removal of cyanide, phenol, thiocyanate and ammonia in an anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic continuous system. Process Biochem. 41 (2006) 96-105
8. Fang H.H.P., and Zhou G.-M. Interaction of methanogens and denitrifiers in degradation of phenols. J. Environ. Eng. 125 (1999) 57-63
9. Ghosh R.S., Dzombak D.A., and Luthy R.G. Equilibrium precipitation and dissolution of iron cyanide solids in water. Environ. Eng. Sci. 16 (1999) 293-313
10. Jeong Y., Park B.-G., and Chung J.S. High performance biofilm process for treating wastewater discharged from coal refining plants containing nitrogen, cyanide and thiocyanate. Water Sci. Technol. 52 10-11 (2005) 325-334
11. Jeong Y.-S., and Chung J.S. Biodegradation of thiocyanate in biofilm reactor using fluidized-carriers. Process Biochem. 41 (2006) 701-707
12. Karim K., and Gupta S.K. Continuous biotransformation and removal of nitrophenols under denitrifying conditions. Water Res. 37 (2003) 2953-2959
13. Kim S.J., and Katayama Y. Effect of growth conditions on thiocyanate degradation and emission of carbonyl sulfide by Thiobacillus thioparus. Water Res. 34 (2000) 2887-2894
14. Kim Y.M., Park D., Lee D.S., and Park J.M. Instability of biological nitrogen removal in a cokes wastewater treatment facility during summer. J. Hazard. Mater. 141 (2007) 27-32
15. Kim Y.M., Park D., Lee D.S., and Park J.M. Inhibitory effects of toxic compounds on nitrification process for cokes wastewater treatment. J. Hazard. Mater. 152 (2007) 915-921
16. Kjeldsen P. Behaviour of cyanide in soil and groundwater: a review. Water Air Soil Pollut. 115 (1999) 279-307
17. Kumar M.S., Vaidya A.N., Shivaraman N., and Bal A.S. Performance evaluation of a full-scale coke oven waste water treatment plant in an integrated steel plant. Ind. J. Environ. Health 45 (2003) 29-38
18. Kwon H.K., Woo S.H., and Park J.M. Thiocyanate degradation by Acremonium strictum and inhibition by secondary toxicants. Biotechnol. Lett. 24 (2002) 1347-1355
19. Kwon H.K., Woo S.H., and Park J.M. Degradation of tetracyanonickelate(II) by Cryptococcus humicolus MCN2. FEMS Microb. Lett. 214 2 (2002) 211-216
20. Lee M.W., and Park J.M. Biological nitrogen removal from coke plant wastewater with external carbon addition. Water Environ. Res. 70 (1998) 1090-1095
21. Li Y.M., Gu G.W., Zhao J.F., Yu H.Q., Qiu Y.L., and Peng Y.Z. Treatment of coke-plant wastewater by biofilm systems for removal of organic compounds and nitrogen. Chemosphere. 52 (2003) 997-1005
22. Liu J., Baozhen W., Li W., Chengji J., Cao X., and Wang L. Removal of nitrogen from coal gasification and coke plant wastewater in anoxic-aerobic submerged biofilm-activated sludge (SBF-AS) hybrid system. Water Sci. Technol. 34 (1996) 17-24
23. Meeussen J.C.L., Keizer M.G., van Riemsdijk W.H., and de Hann F.A.M. Behavior of iron cyanide (Prussian Blue) in contaminated soils. Environ. Sci. Technol. 26 (1992) 1832-1838
24. Melcer H., and Nutt S.G. The application of predenitrification nitrification technology for trace contaminant control. Water Sci. Technol. 17 (1985) 399-408
25. Mosquera-Corral A., Campos J.L., Sanchez M., Mendez R., and Lema J.M. Combined system for biological removal of nitrogen and carbon from a fish cannery wastewater. J. Environ. Eng. ASCE 129 (2003) 826-833
26. Neufeld R., Greenfield J., and Rieder B. Temperature, cyanide and phenolic nitrification inhibition. Water Res. 20 (1986) 633-642
27. Ning P., Bart H.-J., Jiang Y., de Haan A., and Tien C. Treatment of organic pollutants in coke plant wastewater by the method of ultrasonic irradiation, catalytic oxidation and activated sludge. Sep. Purif. Technol. 41 (2005) 133-139
28. Nutt S.G., Melcer H., and Pries J.H. Two-stage biological fluidized bed treatment of coke plant wastewater for nitrogen control. J. WPCF 56 (1984) 851-857
29. Park D., Lee D.S., Kim Y.M., and Park J.M. Bioaugmentation of cyanide-degrading microorganisms in a full-scale cokes wastewater treatment facility. Bioresource Technol. 99 (2008) 2092-2096
30. Park D., Kim Y.M., Lee D.S., and Park J.M. Chemical treatment for treating cyanides-containing effluent from biological cokes wastewater treatment process. Chem. Eng. J. (2008) 10.1016/j.cej.2007.12.034
31. Richards D.J., and Shieh W.K. Anoxic oxic activated sludge treatment of cyanides and phenols. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 33 (1989) 32-38
32. Sharma B., and Ahlert R.C. Nitrification and nitrogen removal. Water Res. 11 (1977) 897-925
33. Shieh W.K., and Richards D.J. Anoxic/oxic activated sludge treatment kinetics of cyanides and phenols. J. Environ. Eng. ASCE. 114 (1988) 639-654
34. Stafford D.A., and Callely A.G. The utilization of thiocyanate by a heterotrophic bacterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 55 (1969) 285-289
35. Stratford J., Dias A., and Knowles C.H. The utilization of thiocyanate as nitrogen source by a heterotrophic bacterium: the degradative pathway involves formation of ammonia and tetrathionate. Microbiology. 140 (1994) 2657-2662
36. Staib C., and Lant P. Thiocyanate degradation during activated sludge treatment of coke-ovens wastewater. Biochem. Eng. J. 34 (2007) 122-130
37. Vázquez I., Rodríguez J., Marañón E., Castrillón L., and Fernández Y. Simultaneous removal of phenol, ammonium and thiocyanate from coke wastewater by aerobic biodegradation. J. Hazard. Mater. 137 (2006) 1773-1780
38. Vázquez I., Rodríguez J., Marañón E., Castrillón L., and Fernández Y. Study of aerobic biodegradation of coke wastewater in a two and three-step activated sludge process. J. Hazard. Mater. 137 (2006) 1681-1688
39. Wood A.P., and Kelly D.P. A novel pink-pigmented facultative methylotroph, Methylobacterium thiocyanatum sp. Nov., capable of growth on thiocyanate and cyanate as sole nitrogen source. Arch. Microbiol. 69 (1998) 148-158
40. Yun Y.-S., Lee M.W., Park J.M., Lee C.-I., Huh J.-S., and Chun H.-D. Reclamation of wastewater from a steel-making plant using an airlift submerged biofilm reactor. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 73 (1998) 162-168
41. 3-N removal. Water Res. 32 (1998) 519-527