Abstract:Aiming at the bottleneck problems of low nitrogen removal efficiency and high energy consumption in domestic sewage treatment processes, an optimization method for nitrogen removal efficiency in domestic sewage treatment based on the anaerobic ammonia oxidation process is proposed. This study designed an experimental device consisting of an anaerobic treatment unit, a partial nitritation unit, and an anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing(ANAMMOX) unit. After selecting inoculated sludge and synthetic domestic sewage, the experimental device was used to treat the sewage. With glucose as the organic carbon source, the domestic sewage treatment was divided into four stages based on the added organic carbon source concentrations(100, 150, 200, 250 mg/L). During these four stages, treated water samples were collected and tested to calculate the concentrations of ammonia nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen, as well as their removal rates, during the reaction cycle of the ANAMMOX-based experimental device. The results showed that this method consistently achieved a 100% nitrite nitrogen removal rate and a total nitrogen removal rate exceeding 96%. However, the ammonia nitrogen removal rate gradually decreased from nearly 100% in the first stage to approximately 89% in the fourth stage, which was attributed to the inhibition of ANAMMOX bacteria(AnAOB) activity by high organic matter concentrations, leading to denitrifying bacteria dominating the reaction. Fluorescence spectroscopy analysis indicated that as the stages progressed,protein-like substances increased significantly, from about 2000 a. u. to over 7000 a. u., while humic-like substances remained relatively stable. The chemical oxygen demand(COD) of the water samples before treatment ranged from 1967.9 to 2155.4 mg/L, and after treatment, it decreased to 223.6–270.2 mg/L, demonstrating a significant application effect.