The evaluation of simultaneous removal of carbon and nitrogen in an anaerobic inverse fluidized bed reactor is described. Continuous and batch experiments were used, with synthetic wastewater and glucose as the carbon source with two different nitrate concentrations of 100 and 250 mg N-NO3/L. The evolution of substrates and the concentrations of intermediary products in the gas phase were followed. Results indicate that the use of the biofilm in the inverse fluidized bed reactor allows the expression of denitrification and methanization activities simultaneously without physical or time separation. The removal of nitrogen with both the feeding of 100 and 250 mgN-NO3/L was higher than 90%, while the removal of carbon was 65% on average for the feeding with 100 mgN-NO3/L and 70% on average for the feeding with 250 mg N-NO3/L. This carbon degradation is equivalent to that obtained during the operation of the reactor in the period previous to the nitrate feeding. It was found that by using high values of the COD/N ratio, the dissimilative reduction of nitrates is favoured. Denitrification and anaerobic digestion occurs simultaneously under low values of COD/N.
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July 01 2006
Simultaneous removal of carbon and nitrogen in an anaerobic inverse fluidized bed reactor
A. Alvarado-Lassman;
*División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Instituto Tecnológico de Orizaba, Av. Tecnológico No.852, Col. E. Zapata, 94320 Orizaba, Ver., México
**UNIDA, Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz, 91860 Veracruz, Ver., México
E-mail: aalvarad@itorizaba.edu.mx
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E. Rustrián;
E. Rustrián
***Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Orizaba, Ver., México
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M.A. García-Alvarado;
M.A. García-Alvarado
**UNIDA, Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz, 91860 Veracruz, Ver., México
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E. Houbron
E. Houbron
***Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Orizaba, Ver., México
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Water Sci Technol (2006) 54 (2): 111–117.
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A. Alvarado-Lassman, E. Rustrián, M.A. García-Alvarado, E. Houbron; Simultaneous removal of carbon and nitrogen in an anaerobic inverse fluidized bed reactor. Water Sci Technol 1 July 2006; 54 (2): 111–117. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2006.493
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