[Comparison and optimization of cellulose carbon source for denitrification filter].

The quantity and quality of carbon released by four agriculture wastes included of cotton, rice hull, rice straw and corncob was analyzed for selecting a suitable cellulose filter medium as well as the carbon source in advanced denitrification of the reclaimed water. And the long-term denitrification efficiency and bio-attachment capability of four agriculture wastes was contrastively estimated by running denitrification experiments in laboratory scale. The results showed that DOM amount released by corncob was the highest at the beginning, and the DOM quality was also beneficial for microorganism growth and biofilm formation. The running denitrification experiments showed that corncob had better denitrification efficiency than that of other three carbon sources, and 284.544 g nitrate was removed by 2.5 g corncob within 46 days. Cotton and rice hull had better denitrification efficiency than corncob in the early time, but the long-term denitrification efficiency was lower than that of corncob. Rice straw can hardly be used by microorganism so as to have the lowest denitrification. Therefore, corncob was more suitable to be the denitrification biofilter filter medium and the carbon source in advanced denitrification of the reclaimed water.