Effect of Copper II and Cadmium II on the nitrification process in sequencing batch reactor


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Lim P.L., . and Yam W.C., . and Lim P.E., . (2003) Effect of Copper II and Cadmium II on the nitrification process in sequencing batch reactor. [Proceedings Paper]

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The objective of this study is to investigate the respective effect of CuII and CdII on the nitrification process under sequnecing batch reactor SBR operation. Three SBR reactors treating synthetic wastewater only and wastewater containing 5 mg/ Cu II and 15 mg/ Cd II respectively were operated with FILL NITRIFICATION DENITRIFICATION SETTLE DRAW and IDLE periods in the ratio of 4:9:3:1:1:6 for a cycle time of 24 h. The performance of the reactors was evaluated by monitoring the concentration profiles of COD ammoniacal nitrogen AN nitrite nitrogen NO2-N and nitrate nitrogen NO3-N during the NITRIFICATION and DENITRIFICATION periods. The results show that the reactors with Cu II and CdII addition respectively required longer period to achieve maximum COD removal compared to the reactor without metal addition. The percentages of AN nitrified to NO2-N and NO3-N were 21 and 1 respectively in the presence of Cu II and 17 and 1 respectively in the presence of Cd II. In contrast the corresponding percentages without metal addition were 0.4 and 39 respectively. This indicates that both CuII and CdII exerted an inhibitory effect on the activity of Nitrobacter bacteria during nitrification process. The kinetics of the nitrification process was modelled using a simple consecutive reactions mechanism.


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Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the respective effect of CuII and CdII on the nitrification process under sequnecing batch reactor SBR operation. Three SBR reactors treating synthetic wastewater only and wastewater containing 5 mg/ Cu II and 15 mg/ Cd II respectively were operated with FILL NITRIFICATION DENITRIFICATION SETTLE DRAW and IDLE periods in the ratio of 4:9:3:1:1:6 for a cycle time of 24 h. The performance of the reactors was evaluated by monitoring the concentration profiles of COD ammoniacal nitrogen AN nitrite nitrogen NO2-N and nitrate nitrogen NO3-N during the NITRIFICATION and DENITRIFICATION periods. The results show that the reactors with Cu II and CdII addition respectively required longer period to achieve maximum COD removal compared to the reactor without metal addition. The percentages of AN nitrified to NO2-N and NO3-N were 21 and 1 respectively in the presence of Cu II and 17 and 1 respectively in the presence of Cd II. In contrast the corresponding percentages without metal addition were 0.4 and 39 respectively. This indicates that both CuII and CdII exerted an inhibitory effect on the activity of Nitrobacter bacteria during nitrification process. The kinetics of the nitrification process was modelled using a simple consecutive reactions mechanism.

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Item Type: Proceedings Paper
AGROVOC Term: BIOREACTORS
AGROVOC Term: NITRIFICATION
AGROVOC Term: DENITRIFICATION
AGROVOC Term: COPPER
AGROVOC Term: CADMIUM
AGROVOC Term: HEAVY METALS
AGROVOC Term: WASTEWATER
AGROVOC Term: WASTEWATER TREATMENT
AGROVOC Term: NITRITES
AGROVOC Term: NITRATES
Geographical Term: MALAYSIA
Depositing User: Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified: 24 Apr 2025 05:27
URI: http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16227

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