Abstract
An up-flow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor was operated for five months to treat domestic wastewater contaminated by propylene glycol -main component of Type 2 aircraft deicing fluid (ADF)- at threshold ratio based on optimization study with batch reactors [i.e., operated at externally included ADF = 0.83–4.20%]. Biogas yields up to ~0.4 m3/kg CODinfluent was achieved, however drastically reduced along with total chemical oxygen demand (tCOD) removal at ADF>1.20% and indicated strong inhibition. Hence, the UASB reactor was fed at ADF = 1.05% [tCODinfluent = 8930 ± 2100 mg/L] and yielded >80% tCOD removal on average. Next generation sequencing (NGS) findings also revealed that Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes had the highest ratios of relative abundances in biomass sample taken at the last operating day; hence co-existence of these phyla played significant role in glycol removal with Synergistetes and Thermotogae bacteria whereas Methanobacterium and Methanoculleus archaea increased remarkably. Aircraft deicing fluid; Biogas; Glycol; Predominant species; Toxicity; UASB reactor.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e06296 |
Journal | Heliyon |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021
Funding
This work was supported by Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi (Scientific Research Projects: ITU-AYP-2017-09 and MYL-2018-41313 ).
Funders | Funder number |
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Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | MYL-2018-41313, ITU-AYP-2017-09 |
Keywords
- Aircraft deicing fluid
- Biogas
- Glycol
- Predominant species
- Toxicity
- UASB reactor