文摘
The conversion of complexed nitrogen oxide [Fe(II)EDTA鈥揘O] is the core process in the chemical absorption鈥揵iological reduction (CABR) integrated system. Additionally, flue gas of power plants in China contains 3鈥?% oxygen (O2), which plays a dominant role in the system. However, previous studies on the reduction of complexed NO were conducted in strictly anaerobic vials. Nitrogen utilization for microorganism growth was not taken into consideration. In this study, the mechanism and conversion pathways of complexed NO were investigated with 0鈥?0% O2. Results demonstrated that, with O2, except for being complexed as Fe(II)EDTA鈥揘O, a part of NO was oxidized to NO2. Then, Fe(II)EDTA鈥揘O and NO2 were oxidized to NO2鈥?/sup>/NO3鈥?/sup> via nitrosification/nitrification or direct chemical reaction, and NO2鈥?/sup>/NO3鈥?/sup> were reduced to N2 by complexed NO-reducing bacteria. Besides, 75% of nitrogen was discharged by gas, mainly as N2. There was 18 and 3% of nitrogen accumulated in biological and liquid phases, respectively.