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Calcium effect on enhanced biological phosphorus removal.
José FerrerL. BorrásAurora SecoT. MontoyaRamón Baratsubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationHigh concentrationEnvironmental EngineeringDenitrificationSewagePolyphosphateInorganic chemistrychemistry.chemical_elementPhosphorusMetabolismCalciumAerobiosisWater PurificationMetabolic pathwaychemistry.chemical_compoundEnhanced biological phosphorus removalBioreactorschemistryEnvironmental chemistryCalciumAnaerobiosisCounterionWater Pollutants ChemicalWater Science and Technologydescription
The role of calcium (Ca) in enhanced biological phosphorus removal and its possible implications on the metabolic pathway have been studied. The experience has been carried out in an SBR under anaerobic–aerobic conditions for biological phosphorus removal during 8 months. The variations of influent Ca concentration showed a clear influence on the EBPR process, detecting significant changes in YPO4. These YPO4 variations were not due to influent P/COD ratio, pH, denitrification and calcium phosphate formation. The YPO4 has been found to be highly dependent on the Ca concentration, increasing as Ca concentration decreases. The results suggest that high Ca concentrations produce “inert” granules of polyphosphate with Ca as a counterion that are not involved in P release and uptake. Furthermore, microbiological observations confirmed that appreciable changes in PAO and GAO populations were not observed. This behaviour could suggest a change in the bacterial metabolic pathway, with prevailing polyphosphate-accumulating metabolism (PAM) at low influent Ca concentration and glycogen-accumulating metabolism (GAM) at high concentration.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-06-01 | Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research |