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Excessive discharge of nutrients from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is an important pollutant source of eutrophic water bodies. In this work, three electrochemically integrated horizontal flow constructed wetlands (E-HFCWs) were developed for advanced nutrients removal from WWTPs effluent with different S/N ratios. In E-HFCWs, PO43-, NO3--N and TN removal percentages at current of 0.2 A and hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24 h did not differ significantly as S/N ratios altered. When fed with low, middle and high concentrations of SO42--S wastewater during this period, PO43--P removal percentages respectively reached 99.3 %+/- 0.9 %, 99.2 %+/- 1.1 % and 99.0 %+/- 1.4 %, NO3--N removal percentages respectively reached 99.5 %+/- 0.5 %, 99.6 %+/- 0.4 % and 99.4 %+/- 0.8 %, and TN removal percentages respectively reached 92.0 %+/- 2.5 %, 90.8 %+/- 3.4 % and 91.2 %+/- 2.7 %. This work highlighted that sulfur cycle played crucial roles in improving nitrogen removal stability as current or HRT decreased in higher S/N ratio groups. The formed sulfur ferrites under higher current or HRT condition served as "electron reservoir", and would resupply electron for denitrification when electron supplied by electrolysis was deficient. In addition, the higher S/N ratio groups allowed significantly lower N2O accumulation, which was accordance with the concept of carbon neutral. Based on metagenome results, the occurrence of more abundant sulfur-oxidizing denitrifying genes and bacteria (e.g., Thiobacillus) in higher S/N ratio groups under lower current or HRT further demonstrated the significant roles of sulfur cycle in stable autotrophic denitrification performance in E-HFCWs. Overall, this work provides perspective on the future practical application for the regulation of nitrogen removal stability enhancement and N2O emission reduction in electrochemically integrated bioreactors.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
ISSN: 1385-8947
Year: 2023
Volume: 451
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JCR@2023
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JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
ESI HC Threshold:35
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 17
SCOPUS Cited Count: 16
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 1 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 3
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