Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (4): 392-395.

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Improved Denitrification of Municipal Sludge in Biofilm-electrode Reactor

ZHANG Le-hua, JIA Jin-ping, WANG Ya-lin, YANG Ji   

  1. School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
  • Received:2004-06-03 Online:2004-08-24 Published:2011-08-06

Abstract: The denitrification of municipal sludge was improved by combining biofilm process with the electrochemical effect in a single novel reactor.Experiments in this reactor[electric current 60 mA, hydraulic retention time (HRTs) 6.0 h] showed that the removal of CODCr, ammonia nitrogen and total nitrogen in the biofilm-electrode reactor were 2.5%, 1.2%, 14.9%, respectively, higher than those in a traditional biofilm reactor.

Key words: Biofilm, Electrochemitry, Denitrification, Municipal sewage