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The removal efficiencies for nitrogen and phosphorus from swine wastewater were studied at TN/BOD ratio 0.13, 0.18, 0.27 ,0.53 by fill-and-draw type activeated sludge units with an intermittent aeration process(IAP),in comparsion with a typical non-limited aeration process(NLAP) under 0.5 ∼ 1.0kg BOD/ cubic meter / day loading. In both processes, operational conditions for the units were same except for the aeration program. In NLAP , consecutive aeration for 21 hour was used , while in the IAP, intermittent aeration which alternated aeration and non-aeration periods were at intervals of 1 hour, 1.5hour or 2 hour was used. High removal efficiencies ( 80.0 ∼ 99.4% and 80.9 ∼ 99.1%) for BOD and SS were attained with both these processes. While, there were great differences in the removal ofnitrogen and phosphorus between IAP and NLAP; the removal efficiences for nitrogen in IAP-60 and NLAP were 92.7% and 89.2%, and for phos- phorus were 29.8% and 24.8%,respectively. However, those removal efficiencies decreased with the increase in the TN/BOD ratio of influent. The removal efficiences for nitrogen in IAP-60 was 34.5%, and for phosphorus was 1.0% at influent TN/BOD of 0.53. After consecutive working at various operation condition, the results showed that the removal efficiences for both nitrogen and phosphorus in I1/2 ( aeration and non-aeration periods were 1hr and 2hr, respectively) was higher. Total removal efficiences for nitrogen in I1/2 and NLAP were 82.2%∼86.3% and 55.4%∼63.7% , and for phosphorus were 23.0% ∼ 52.8% and -37.1% ∼ -12.2%, respectively. It was not only that the removal efficiences for nitrogen and phosphorus in I1/2 were much higher than those in NLAP , but also it could save the 66.7 % amount of aeration . Operating IAP system could remove the nitrogen and phosphorus from swine wastewater validly without any supplemented carbon sources and pH stabilizers .As a result, the operation cost can be reduced.
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