Posttreatment of Effluent from Coke-Plant Wastewater Treatment System in Sequencing Batch Reactors

Abstract

The performance of sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) for the treatment of effluent from a conventional coke-plant wastewater biological treatment system has been evaluated. The results showed that an operating mode that incorporated two anoxic portions, one ahead of the aeration period and one after the aeration, was superior to the other modes (prearranged denitrification and postarranged denitrification) for nitrogen removal. The 4-h anoxic fill probably allowed some substrates in the influent to be stored in the biomass and led to subsequent storage-induced denitrification in the second anoxic portion during the reaction period. Under these conditions, the ammonia nitrogen (NH