以絮状活性污泥为接种污泥,乙醇为共代谢基质,通过逐步缩短沉降时间、洗脱沉降性能较差的絮状污泥,在SBR中成功地培养出降解MTBE的好氧颗粒污泥。成熟的好氧颗粒污泥平均粒径为400.5μm,SVI41.39mL/g,MLVSS 2896mg/L,颗粒表面分布有丰富的球菌、短杆菌及少量丝状菌。好氧污泥实现颗粒化后,反应器进水MTBE浓度为300mg/L时,其出水浓度可维持在10mg/L以下,去除效率高达90%以上(其中挥发部分约占15%)。好氧污泥颗粒化后MTBE的降解速率也明显增加,相比启动初期,一个运行周期内MTBE的降解速率可提高4倍。一个运行周期内pH值的明显降低也表明了好氧颗粒污泥对MTBE的降解。
MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) as a suspicious carcinogenic compound and its degradation in surface and ground waters has been aroused attention to the worldwide, This paper deals with a bench scale experiment on biodegrading MTBE using ethanol as a kind of co-metabolism substrate in a laboratory SBR installation with aerobic granular sludge system.