Inhibition character of crotonaldehyde manufacture wastewater on biological acidification

Highlights

• The inhibition of the main organic pollutions in CMW was demonstrated.

• Variations of AK and BK showed a high correlation with the SAA of Ac and n-Bu.

• The inhibitory degree was in the order of Ac>n-Bu for individual toxicants.

• Biodegradation products of the main toxicants were analyzed.

Abstract

This work aims to investigate the inhibitory effect of crotonaldehyde manufacture wastewater (CMW) on biological acidification. To reveal the inhibitory effect of wastewater to the anaerobic granular sludge (AnGS), variations of the specific acidogenic activity (SAA) and activities of key enzymes were investigated. The results indicated that the dosage of CMW causing a 50% effect concentration (EC₅₀) on the activity of total volatile fatty acids (TVFA) production was 380 mg COD/g VSS. The inhibitory effect of individual toxicants in CMW on the activity of TVFA production were in the order of crotonaldehyde>ethyl sorbate>(E,E)-2,4-hexadienal, and their inhibitory degrees on individual VFA products were acetic acid (Ac)>n-butyric acid (n-Bu), which could correspond to the variations in the activities of acetate kinase (AK) and butyrate kinase (BK). Furthermore, the combined effect of three toxicants on the activity of TVFA production was significantly higher than that of any individual toxicant, and the contribution of the relative toxicity to CMW was 77.27%. Additionally, the biodegradation products of the main toxicants indicated that the removal of crotonaldehyde and (E,E)-2,4-hexadienal was primarily due to the hydrogenation of alkene and aldehyde and the oxidation of aldehyde. Nevertheless, the removal of ethyl sorbate was primarily based on adsorption. In conclusion, biological acidification has a limited ability to treatment CMW, therefore, a further pretreatment technology should be used to remove the main toxicant of wastewater.

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Keywords

Crotonaldehyde manufacture wastewater / Biological acidification / Volatile fatty acids / Inhibition / Toxic units

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Acknowledgements

The work is financially supported by the National Water Pollution Control and Treatment Science and Technology Major Project of China (NO.2017ZX07402002), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51508538).

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