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Research on the start-up and denitrification performance of long term 5℃ low-temperature pure MBBR process
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Wen-jie HAN1, Zhong-fu ZHAO2, Jia-zhong ZHOU1, *, Yan-ruo ZHAO2, Zhong-qi YANG1, Yu-hai LIANG3
China Environmental Science | 2026, 46(3) : 1344 - 1355
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China Environmental Science | 2026, 46(3): 1344-1355
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Research on the start-up and denitrification performance of long term 5℃ low-temperature pure MBBR process
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Wen-jie HAN1, Zhong-fu ZHAO2, Jia-zhong ZHOU1, *, Yan-ruo ZHAO2, Zhong-qi YANG1, Yu-hai LIANG3
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  • 1.Qingdao Key Laboratory of Green and Low Carbon Biofilm and Water Environment Restoration, Qingdao SPRING Water Treatment Co. Ltd., Qingdao 266510, China
  • 2.Southwest Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute of China, Chengdu 610213, China
  • 3.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Control and Environmental Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Published: 2026-03-20
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Aiming at the problems of low sewage temperature, poor nitrogen removal efficiency and weak shock resistance of traditional activated sludge process in the alpine regions of southwest China, a pilot-scale experiment of pure moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) was conducted. The startup characteristics, nitrogen removal performance, and shock resistance mechanism under long-term ultra-low temperature conditions were systematically investigated. The results showed that the pure MBBR was successfully started up within 25days at a water temperature of (6.14±1.06)℃. During a long-term operation of 245days with an average water temperature of (5.45±1.29)℃, superior effluent quality was achieved with an actual hydraulic retention time (HRT) only 20% of that of the activated sludge process in the same WWTP. After a 1-month shutdown, the treatment capacity was fully restored within only 14days. In the pure-membrane MBBR system, the first-stage nitrification zone realized the removal of inhibitors such as chemical oxygen demand (COD) and preliminary nitrification, the second stage served as the main nitrification zone, and the third stage ensured stable effluent quality. A single-stage process was adopted in the denitrification zone, where the reflux ratio was flexibly adjusted according to the residual nitrate nitrogen in the anoxic zone to enhance nitrogen removal. Regarding nitrogen removal potential, when facing influent quality shock, increasing dissolved oxygen (DO) in the aerobic zone to strengthen mass transfer and oxygen supply could further improve the system's nitrification load by more than 25%, while driving the nitrogen removal capacity to increase by more than 10%. The excellent low-temperature resistance of the pure MBBR was attributed to two aspects: on one hand, the biofilm enhanced the enrichment of nitrogen-removing functional bacteria, especially low-temperature-tolerant strains such as Flavobacterium and Dechloromonas; On the other hand, the biofilm's dense structure and complex microbial community supported thermal insulation. For pure MBBR design, enhanced functional bacteria enrichment and high effective biomass should be concurrently considered, thus conferring higher treatment load.

low temperature  /  biofilm  /  multi-stage aerobic  /  shock resistance  /  functional bacteria  /  recovery
韩文杰, 赵忠富, 周家中, 赵彦若, 杨忠启, 梁瑜海. 长期5℃低温生活污水纯膜MBBR启动及脱氮性能. 中国环境科学, 2026 , 46 (3) : 1344 -1355 .
Wen-jie HAN, Zhong-fu ZHAO, Jia-zhong ZHOU, Yan-ruo ZHAO, Zhong-qi YANG, Yu-hai LIANG. Research on the start-up and denitrification performance of long term 5℃ low-temperature pure MBBR process[J]. China Environmental Science, 2026 , 46 (3) : 1344 -1355 .
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  • Receive Date:2025-08-10
  • Online Date:2026-10-08
  • Published:2026-03-20
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    1.Qingdao Key Laboratory of Green and Low Carbon Biofilm and Water Environment Restoration, Qingdao SPRING Water Treatment Co. Ltd., Qingdao 266510, China
    2.Southwest Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute of China, Chengdu 610213, China
    3.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Control and Environmental Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数
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Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
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种数
Number of
species
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Percentage of total
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鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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