The Effect of Glycerol on Microbial Community in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. North Water’s Wastewater Treatment Plant
2.2. Reactor Set-Up
2.3. Experimental Start-Up and Operation
2.4. Chemical Analysis
2.5. High-Throughput 16S-rDNA Gene Sequencing and Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. pH, COD, and Nitrogen
3.2. Microbial Community
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Values |
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Activated sludge system (Pollution Equivalent) | 35,000 |
Daily peak of contaminated water (Pollution Equivalent) | 60,000 |
Hydraulic capacity (m3/h) | 250 |
Capacity of equalization tank (m3) | 2500 |
Capacity of activated sludge tank (m3) | 6700 |
Component | Concentration (mg/L) |
---|---|
BOD | 1000 |
COD | 2000 |
Cl | 12,000 |
K | 24 |
N | 103 |
Na | 7000 |
NH4 | 23 |
Nkj | 21 |
NO2 | 5 |
NO3 | 66 |
PO4 | 8 |
SO4 | 714 |
TOD | 2200 |
Glycerol | 1600 |
Methanol | 165 |
Influent Solution | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Component | Concentration (mg/L) | Component | Concentration (mg/L) | ||
Carbon Influent | Glycerol | 4000 | Glycerol | 6000 | |
Carbon Influent | Methanol | 160 | Methanol | 160 | |
Nitrogen Influent | (NH4)2SO4 | 300 | (NH4)2SO4 | 300 | |
Nitrogen Influent | NaCl | 20,240 | NaCl | 20,240 | |
Nitrogen Influent | KNO3 | 100 | KNO3 | 100 | |
Nitrogen Influent | KH2PO4 | 182 | KH2PO4 | 182 | |
Nitrogen Influent | K2HPO4 3H2O | 278 | K2HPO4 3H2O | 278 | |
Carbon Influent | MgSO4 | 100 | MgSO4 | 100 | |
Nitrogen Influent | Trace Element | 1 | Trace Element | 1 |
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Prawira Negara, M.A.; Jayawardhana, B.; Euverink, G.-J.W. The Effect of Glycerol on Microbial Community in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant. Water 2024, 16, 2517. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172517
Prawira Negara MA, Jayawardhana B, Euverink G-JW. The Effect of Glycerol on Microbial Community in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant. Water. 2024; 16(17):2517. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172517
Chicago/Turabian StylePrawira Negara, Mohamad Agung, Bayu Jayawardhana, and Gert-Jan Willem Euverink. 2024. "The Effect of Glycerol on Microbial Community in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant" Water 16, no. 17: 2517. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172517