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The Oxygenic Photogranule Process for Aeration-Free Wastewater Treatment.

This study presents the oxygenic photogranule (OPG) process, a light-driven process for wastewater treatment, developed based on photogranulation of filamentous cyanobacteria, nonphototrophic bacteria, and microalgae. Unlike other biogranular processes requiring airlift or upflow-based mixing, the OPG process was operated in stirred-tank reactors without aeration. Reactors were seeded with hydrostatically grown photogranules and operated in a sequencing-batch mode for five months to treat wastewater. The new reactor biomass propagated with progression of photogranulation under periodic light/dark cycles. Due to effective biomass separation from water, the system was operated with short settling time (10 min) with effective decoupling of hydraulic and solids retention times (0.75 d vs 21-42 d). During quasi-steady state, the diameter of the OPGs ranged between 0.1 and 4.5 mm. The reactors produced effluents with average total chemical oxygen demand less than 30 mg/L. Nitrogen removal (28-71%) was achieved by bioassimilation and nitrification/denitrification pathways. Oxygen needed for the oxidation of organic matter and nitrification was produced by OPGs at a rate of 12.6 ± 2.4 mg O2/g biomass-h. The OPG system presents a new biogranule process, which can potentially use simple mixing and natural light to treat wastewater.