Abstract:
The effect of different types of seed sludge on the enrichment of anammox bacteria was investi-gated by inoculating the sludge with high nitrifying and denitrifying activity in two reactors, namely R1 and R2, respectively. The results showed that the bacteria autolysis was not obviously observed in R1, which was seeded with nitrifying sludge. And after about 60 days the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) process was started up in R1. However, a long period of bacteria autolysis phase appeared in R2, which was seeded with denitrifying sludge. Thus the start-up time of ANAMMOX in R2 was about 20 days longer than in R1. During the stationary stage, the average ratios of
removal,
removal and
production in R1 and R2 were 1:1.30:0.23 and 1:1.35:0.10, respectively.