The Synchronized Nitrification Endogenous Denitrification Phosphorus Removal (SNEDPR) process has been proven to have significant advantages in treating low C/N wastewater, and the Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS) system possesses excellent settling properties, shock resistance, and treatment efficiency, so there is a large potential for coupling the SNEDPR to the AGS system in wastewater treatment. However, studies have shown that the granulated SNEDPR-AGS system does not have satisfactory pollutant removal efficiency for low C/N urban wastewater. In order to optimize the pollutant removal efficiency of the SNEDPR-AGS system, batch experiments were conducted to determine the optimal dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in the aerobic phase and the hydraulic retention time (HRT) for each phase. The results showed that when the DO concentration in the aerobic stage was 3 mg/L and the HRT for each stage was 2, 3, and 3 hours respectively, the system achieved COD, TN, and TP removal rates of (89.10±1.26)%, (84.31±1.82)%, and (91.83±2.01)% respectively. Microbial community analysis showed that Bacteroidetes, which are related to COD removal and phosphorus removal, increased to 23.91%, while the relative abundance of Proteobacteria and Chloroflexi, which are related to denitrification, increased to 57.39% and 8.24% respectively. Compared with other sludge systems, the optimized SNEDPR-AGSBR system showed better performance in treating low C/N urban wastewater.
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