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Comparative study on A/O and SBR processes for the treatment of digested effluent of swine wastewater
Received:August 09, 2021  
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KeyWord:swine wastewater;digested effluent;anoxic/oxic process;sequencing batch reactor;Stover-Kincannon model
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CAI Yingying Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu 610041, China  
HAN Zhigang Fuzhou Gongchuang Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhou 350000, China  
DENG Liangwei Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu 610041, China dengliangwei@caas.cn 
WANG Wenguo Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu 610041, China  
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Abstract:
      The anoxic/oxic(A/O) process and sequencing batch reactor(SBR) process are popular aerobic biological processes for the treatment of digested effluent of swine wastewater. However,it is unclear which process has better performance. Therefore,laboratory-scale A/O and SBR processes were applied to compare their performance for the treatment of digested effluent of swine wastewater. The results showed that when the A/O and SBR processes were used to treat the digested effluent directly,the pH decreased to less than 6,thereby resulting in an average NH4+-N removal efficiency of less than 50%. However,the NH4+-N removal efficiency in the SBR process was slightly higher than that in the A/O process. After the digested effluent was supplemented with alkalinity,the NH4+-N removal efficiency in the two processes was improved to more than 99%. However,the improvement of the removal efficiencies of chemical oxygen demand (COD),total nitrogen(TN),and total phosphorus(TP) was not clear. There was no significant difference between the A/O and SBR processes in removing COD,NH4+-N,TN,and TP. Higher NH4+ oxidation and anammox activities were observed in the SBR process than in the A/O process,whereas the denitrification activity in the SBR process was much lower than that in the A/O process. The modified Stover- Kincannon model best fit the experimental data(R2>0.9). The maximum COD,TN,and NH4+-N utilization rates were 7.62,0.28,and 48.80 g·L-1·d-1 in the A/O process, and 7.18,0.13,and 65.4 g·L-1·d-1 in the SBR process,respectively. The results suggest that the SBR process is more favorable for NH + 4-N conversion,whereas the A/O process is more favorable for COD and TN removal.