Ammonium nitrogen removal characteristics of zeolite media in a Biological Aerated Filter (BAF) for the treatment of textile wastewater

Won-Seok Chang; Hung-Thuan Tran; Doo-Hyun Park; Rui-Hong Zhang; Dae-Hee Ahn

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.15, No.4, 524-528, July, 2009

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2009.01.009 Export Citation

Ammonium nitrogen removal characteristics of zeolite media in a Biological Aerated Filter (BAF) for the treatment of textile wastewater

Won-Seok Chang, Hung-Thuan Tran¹, Doo-Hyun Park², Rui-Hong Zhang³, and Dae-Hee Ahn^{1, †}

Energy Technology Center, Seoul National University of Technology, 172 Gongneung 2 Dong, Nowon-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
¹Department of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, Myongji University, San 38-2, Nam Dong, Yong In, Kyonggi Do 449-728, Republic of Korea
²Department of Biological Engineering, Seokyeong University, 16-1 Jungneug Dong, Sungbuk Gu, Seoul 136-704, Republic of Korea
³Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA

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The main objective of this study is to evaluate ammonium nitrogen removal characteristics of zeolite media in Biological Aerated Filter (BAF) process for treatment of textile wastewater. Several biofilters were conducted to compare the performance of natural zeolite with sand and granular activated carbon (GAC) as packing media. The removal of NH4^(+)-N on the BAF reactor packed with natural zeolite media was more efficient than that with sand and GAC. After biofilm was well developed on the surface of zeolite media, the removal of NH4^(+)-N by ion exchange, nitrification, and biological synthesis was estimated as 35.1%, 40.2%, and 22.3%, respectively. The natural zeolite pretreated with heat and HCl solution showed higher ammonium removal efficiency than that with NaOH solution. No significant difference on ammonium adsorption capacity was observed when nature zeolite was neither pretreated by heat nor hydrochloric acid solution. This study shows that natural zeolites has the feasibility to be chosen as a useful media in BAF process for the treatment of textile wastewater.

Keywords:Natural zeolite media;Ammonium nitrogen removal;Biological Aerated Filter;Textile wastewater

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[Referenced By]

[1] Sandhya S, Swaminathan K, Chem. Eng. J., 122(1-2), 87 (2006)

[2] Jones HR, Pollution Control in the Textile Industry, Noyes Data Corp., Park Ridge, NJ, 1973, pp. 254-258

[3] Rott U, Minke R, Water Sci. Technol., 40, 137 (1999)

[4] Jeon YS, Lei J, Kim JH, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 14(6), 726 (2008)

[5] Libra JA, Sosath F, J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 78(11), 1149 (2003)

[6] Peladan JG, Lemmel H, Pujol R, Water Sci. Technol., 34, 347 (1996)

[7] Westerman PW, Bicudo JR, Kantardjieff A, Bioresour. Technol., 74(3), 181 (2000)

[8] Montgomery JM, Technology Assessment of Biological Aerated Filter, U.S.E.P.A. 600/S290/015, Water Engineering Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, 1990, pp. 5-25

[9] Moore R, Quarmby J, Stephenson T, in: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Biological Aerated Filters, Cranfield, UK, (1999), p. 7

[10] Moore R, Quarmby J, Stephenson T, Water Res., 35, 2514 (2001)

[11] He SB, Xue G, Kong HN, J. Hazard. Mater., 143(1-2), 291 (2007)

[12] Kent TD, Fitzpatrick CSB, Williams SC, Water Sci. Technol., 34, 363 (1996)

[13] Semmens MJ, Wang JT, Booth AC, J. Water Pollut. Control Fed., 49, 2431 (1977)

[14] Rogalla F, Bourbigot M, Water Sci. Technol., 22, 273 (1990)

[15] Jung JY, Pak D, Shin HS, Chung YC, Lee SM, Biotechnol. Lett., 21(4), 289 (1999)

[16] Tsitsishvili GV, Andronikashvili TG, Kirov GN, Filizova LD, Natural Zeolites, Ellis Horwood, New York, 1992, pp. 40-52

[17] Talebi G, Sohrabi M, Royaee SJ, Keiski RL, Huuhtanen M, Imamverdizadeh H, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 14(5), 614 (2008)

[18] APHA, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 18th ed., Washington, DC, USA (1993)

[19] Sand LB, Mumpton FA, Natural Zeolites: Occurrence, Properties, Use, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1978, pp. 110-112

[20] Kim Y, Kim DS, Jhang S, Park SY, Korean Environ. Eng., 18, 587 (1996)

[21] Green M, Mels A, Lahav O, Tarre S, Water Sci. Technol., 34, 449 (1996)

[22] Zhang X, Wang Z, Gu X, Water Res., 25, 165 (1991)

[23] Chang WS, Hong SW, Park JK, Process Biochem., 37, 693 (2002)