A comparative study on simultaneous recovery of phosphorus and alginate-like exopolymers from bacterial and algal-bacterial aerobic granular sludges: Effects of organic loading rate

作者：Chen, Xingyu; Wang, Jixiang; Wang, Qian; Li, Zejiao; Yuan, Tian; Lei, Zhongfang^*; Zhang, Zhenya; Shimizu, Kazuya; Lee, Duu-Jong

来源：Bioresource Technology, 2022, 357: 127343.

DOI：10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127343

• Algal-bacterial aerobic granular sludge
• Alginate-like exopolymers
• Organic loading rate
• Phosphorus accumulation
• Resource recovery

The effects of organic loading rate (OLR) on simultaneous phosphorus (P) and alginate-like exopolymers (ALE) recovery from bacterial aerobic granular sludge (AGS) and algal-bacterial AGS were examined and compared during 70 days' operation. With the increase of OLR (0.6-1.2 g COD/(L.day)), both AGS showed good settle ability and granular strength with P bioavailability > 92% (Stage III). The moderate increase in OLR had a positive influence on simultaneous recovery of P and ALE. On day 60, the contents of ALE and guluronic acid/ guluronic acid (GG) blocks reached the highest in algal-bacterial AGS, about 13.37 and 2.13 mg/g-volatile suspended solids (VSS), respectively. Meanwhile, about daily 0.55 kg of P is estimated to be recovered from the wastewater treatment plant with a treatment capacity of 10,000 m(3)/day. P mass balance analysis during ALE extraction from both AGS was conducive to further evaluation of P removal pathway and its application potentials.

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