Papers by Siriprapha Jangkorn
Chemosphere, 2021
Denitrification can be enhanced in the Integrated Fixed Film Activated System (IFAS) system by in... more Denitrification can be enhanced in the Integrated Fixed Film Activated System (IFAS) system by integrating media into the anoxic or aerobic zone. The simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) in the biofilm layers has been reported in the aerobic zone of the IFAS system. In this study, two IFAS systems with Bioweb® media installed in the anoxic or aerobic reactor were operated in parallel to evaluate both anoxic denitrification or aerobic SND in the biofilm layers enhanced by fixed film media at three different nitrite and nitrate recirculation (NR) ratios of 75%, 100%, and 125%. The results revealed that both IFAS systems achieved the same organic and nitrogen removal efficiencies without statistically significant difference. The NR ratio of 125% enhanced slightly the denitrification in the anoxic zones of both systems. The media increased the anoxic denitrification at the NR ratio of 100%. The SND in the biofilm was found insignificant in both systems. It was evident that suspended-growth microorganisms stored substrates internally in the cells under anoxic conditions due to insufficient retention time. The aerobic denitrifiers including Chryseobacterium sp., Klebsiella pneumonia, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were abundant in both IFAS systems providing aerobic denitrification with storage products as carbon sources. In summary, the denitrification in the anoxic zone and SND in the biofilm of the aerobic zone, both were enhanced by the fixed film media, did not contribute significantly to the IFAS system for the biological nitrogen removal because of microbial storage products and aerobic denitrification of several aerobic denitrifiers.
Springer Geography, 2019
This research aims to assess the spatio-temporal of agriculture drought during dry season (Novemb... more This research aims to assess the spatio-temporal of agriculture drought during dry season (November – April) in Sa Kaeo. The anomaly of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the anomaly of normalized difference moisture index (NDMI) derived from LANDSAT imagery during dry season in 2001–2002 to 2016–2017 were used to map the drought assessment using amplitude analysis. Function of Mask (Fmask) algorithm and Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW) interpolation were applied to remove the atmospheric noise. The result showed that slight and moderate drought normally occur during dry season, but severe and extreme drought occurred during dry season from late 2001 to early 2002. In addition, drought effect was widely distributed during last five years. The spatial trend of the amplitude value also showed dryer trend in the southern Sa Kaeo, while it showed wetter trend in the northern and northeastern Sa Kaeo, especially in the forest ecosystem. For the environmentalists and ecosystem managers, this research could benefit them as it provides maps related with drought assessment and its spatial distribution, which leads to more effective plans of water management, ecosystem management and mitigation plans of drought during dry season in the Sa Kaeo.
Environmental Engineering Research, 2018
This study evaluated the kinetics of acrylamide (AM) biodegradation by mixed culture bacteria and... more This study evaluated the kinetics of acrylamide (AM) biodegradation by mixed culture bacteria and Enterobacter aerogenes (E. aerogenes) in sequencing batch reactor (SBR) systems with AQUASIM and linear regression. The zero-order, first-order, and Monod kinetic models were used to evaluate the kinetic parameters of both autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrifications and both AM and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removals at different AM concentrations of 100, 200, 300, and 400 mg AM/L. The results revealed that both autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrifications and both AM and COD removals followed the Monod kinetics. High AM loadings resulted in the transformation of Monod kinetics to the first-order reaction for AM and COD removals as the results of the compositions of mixed substrates and the inhibition of the free ammonia nitrogen (FAN). The kinetic parameters indicated that E. aerogenes degraded AM and COD at higher rates than mixed culture bacteria. The FAN from the AM biodegradation increased both heterotrophic and autotrophic nitrification rates at the AM concentrations of 100-300 mg AM/L. At higher AM concentrations, the FAN accumulated in the SBR system inhibited the autotrophic nitrification of mixed culture bacteria. The accumulation of intracellular polyphosphate caused the heterotrophic nitrification of E. aerogenes to follow the first-order approximation.
Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2018
AbstractMost recent researches have focused on acrylamide (AM) biodegradation with the pure cultu... more AbstractMost recent researches have focused on acrylamide (AM) biodegradation with the pure culture of various microorganisms including Enterobacter aerogenes. In this study, the acrylamide biodegr...
Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2011
A coagulation-flocculation process is typically employed to treat the industrial wastewater gener... more A coagulation-flocculation process is typically employed to treat the industrial wastewater generated by the consumer products industry manufacturing detergents, soaps, and others. The expenditure of chemicals including coagulants and chemicals for pH adjustment is costly for treating this wastewater. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of reusing the aluminum sulfate (alum) sludge as a coagulant or as a coagulation aid so that the fresh alum dosage can be minimized or the removal efficiency can be enhanced. The experiments were conducted in a jar-test apparatus simulating the coagulation-flocculation process for simultaneous removals of organic matters, anionic surfactants, suspended solids, and turbidity. At the optimum initial pH value of 10 and the fresh alum concentration of 400 mg/L, the total suspended solids (TSS), total chemical oxygen demand (TCOD), total anionic surfactants, and turbidity removal efficiencies were 71.5%, 76.4%, 95.4%, and 98.2%, respectively. The addition of alum sludge as a coagulant alone without any fresh alum addition could significantly remove the turbidity, TCOD, and anionic surfactants. The TSS was left in the supernatants after the settling period, but would subsequently be removed by adding the fresh alum. The TSS, TCOD, and turbidity removal efficiencies were also enhanced when both the alum sludge and the fresh alum were employed. The TCOD removal efficiency over 80% has been accomplished, which has never fulfilled by using the fresh alum alone. It is concluded that the alum sludge could be reused for the treatment of industrial wastewater generated by the consumer products industry.
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 2009
Wastewater generated by the industry manufacturing detergents and various kinds of consumer produ... more Wastewater generated by the industry manufacturing detergents and various kinds of consumer products normally contains very high contents of mixed surfactants, organic matters expressed as chemical oxygen demand (COD), and phosphates that must be treated prior to discharge to the aquatic environment. In this study, jar-test experiments were conducted to evaluate the waste activated sludge (WAS) as a coagulation aid in the coagulation-flocculation process with ferric chloride or aluminum sulfate as a coagulant for the treatment of wastewater collected from the aforementioned industry. The WAS was selected because of its adsorption capability of anionic surfactants and its availability from the wastage stream of biological wastewater treatment process. The effective dosages of both coagulants with and without the WAS additions were determined in this study. Without the WAS addition, the concentrations of 800 mg/L aluminum sulfate at the optimum pH value of 8 and 2208 mg/L ferric chloride at the optimum pH value of 12 were the optimum chemical dosages. It appears that aluminum sulfate was more effective than ferric chloride based on the chemical dosage and removal efficiency. The turbidity, suspended particles, anionic surfactants, COD, and phosphates removal efficiencies of aluminum sulfate and ferric chloride under the optimum dosage were 95.6, 88.2, 78.4, 73.5, 47.3% and 98.8, 92.0, 72.7, 67.5, 53.1%, respectively. The addition of 200 mg/L WAS was sufficient to reduce the optimum dosages of both chemicals by 200 mg/L. The cationic surfactant existing in the wastewater worked as a flocculating agent leading to the flocculation of waste activated sludge resulting in the enmeshment of the suspended particles and colloids on which the COD, anionic surfactants, and phosphates were adsorbed. However, the substances removal efficiencies of ferric chloride and aluminum sulfate were slightly enhanced and reduced, respectively. It is possibly explained that the settling time is insufficient to settle the aluminum hydroxide floc when it is compared to the ferric hydroxide floc because the iron floc is normally heavier than the alum floc.
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