ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Explosive Propagation of Aeolosoma Hemprichi
in an Activated Sludge-Biofilm Reactor
Yong Zhan1, Qingqing Feng1, Haidong Zhou1, Qiang Zhang1, Bin Dong2
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1School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
2School of Environmental Science, Tongji University, China
Submission date: 2014-06-05
Final revision date: 2014-07-03
Acceptance date: 2014-07-08
Publication date: 2014-12-16
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2014;23(6):2295-2302
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ABSTRACT
In order to understand the impact of the explosive propagation of aeolosoma hemprichi on the performance
of an activated sludge-biofilm reactor at various temperature conditions, we conducted a beaker experiment
and simulated the activated sludge-biofilm reactor, which is operated in a 1.0 L reactor with the filler
dosing rate of 30% at 20ºC, 25ºC, and 30ºC. We inoculate aeolosoma hemprichi after the activated sludgebiofilm
reactor became steady, investigated whether and when the explosive propagation of aeolosoma
hemprichi occurs at various ambient temperatures, and examined its impact on the performance of the activated
sludge-biofilm reactor. The results show that the removal rate of ammonia nitrogen is basically stable at
between 90-95%, and that of total nitrogen has remained at around 45% at 20ºC. When the filler dosage rate
is 30%, the removal rate of COD is stable between 85%-90%. The population density of aeolosoma hemprichi
basically kept at 10 ind./mL, indicating that the aeolosoma hemprichi did not produce explosive reproduction.
The explosive propagation of aeolosoma hemprichi occurs at the temperature of both 25ºC and 30ºC, while
the maximum population densities of aeolosoma hemprichi are 383 ind./mL and 200 ind./mL, respectively. In
addition, the explosive propagation has no impact on the removal rates of inlet and outlet COD and NH3-N,
but it leads to an increase in the release rate of TN. Moreover, it is certified that the explosive propagation of
aeolosoma hemprichi does not have an impact on the loss of biofilm. Finally, after multivariate regression
analysis with SPSS, we concluded that the maximum population density of aeolosoma hemprichi has a significant
correlation with the release rate of TN.