Fast biofilm formation method for organic filler during treatment of sewage with low C/N ratio

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10577267-B2
Application number	US-201715632358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2017
Priority date	Nov 22, 2016
Publication date	Mar 3, 2020
Grant date	Mar 3, 2020

Abstract

The invention discloses a fast biofilm formation method for an organic filler during treatment of sewage with a low C/N ratio, and belongs to the field of biofilm process for sewage treatment. The invention improves the effect of biofilm culturing by changing the micro-interface acting force of the filler and accelerating the attachment and colonization of microorganisms on the filler through increase of bacterial quorum-sensing molecules. As compared with a conventional biofilm culturing method, in the invention the biofilm culturing is rapid and operated conveniently, has strong practicality, and is a fast biofilm formation method for an organic filler, which is adapted for treatment of sewage with a low C/N ratio under an aerobic, anoxic or anaerobic condition.

First claim

We claim:

1. A biofilm formation method for an organic filler during treatment of sewage, comprising steps of:
(1) adding seed sludge and an organic filler according to a volume ratio of 1:(10-15) into a reactor, aerating for 24 h at a temperature controlled at 50-58° C., and then discharging all of the seed sludge;
(2) dosing anionic polyacrylamide (APAM) and rhamnolipid into sewage, wherein the dosage of APAM is 1-5 mg/L, the dosage of rhamnolipid is 20-30 mg/L, and the dosing manner is directly dosing into the sewage daily;
(3) inoculating a solution of a bacterial strain of Acinetobacter sp. TW for synthesizing an autoinducer-2 (AI-2) signal molecule, wherein the volume ratio of the strain solution to the reactor is 1%-3%, the inoculation is performed 2-3 days after the reactor starts running, having an inoculation concentration of 3-5 g/L and SV30 of 18%-30%;
(4) controlling pH at 6.0-8.0, the water temperature at 16-40° C., and the volume load of inlet water at 0.3-1.0 kg COD/(m 3 ·day) in the system;
(5) gradually increasing the load of the inlet water according to a proportion of 6%-15% when a removal rate of COD reaches 30%-40% and a removal rate of NH 4+ —N reaches 20%-30%, continuously running for 2-3 days, and then stopping the increase of the inlet-water load; and
(6) continually running for 3-18 days.

2. The biofilm formation method for an organic filler during treatment of sewage of claim 1 , wherein the rhamnolipid of step (2) is a mixed structure of mono-rhamnolipid and di-rhamnolipid.

3. The biofilm formation method for an organic filler during treatment of sewage of claim 1 , wherein when the removal rates of COD and NH 4+ —N respectively reach 70% and 60% stably, a biofilm mainly consisting of protozoa and metazoan is formed on the surface of the filler, then the dosing of APAM, rhamnolipid and the strain for synthesizing the AI-2 signal molecule is stopped to complete the biofilm culturing.

Assignees

• Nanjing University Of Technology

Inventors

• Huang Hui
• Wang Qing
• Ren hong-qiang

Classifications

• C02F3/34

  characterised by the microorganisms used · CPC title

• C02F3/301 Primary

  Aerobic and anaerobic treatment in the same reactor · CPC title

• C02F2305/06

  Nutrients for stimulating the growth of microorganisms · CPC title

• C02F2103/343

  from the pharmaceutical industry, e.g. containing antibiotics · CPC title

• C02F2103/36

  from the manufacture of organic compounds · CPC title