Short-chain
fatty acids (SCFAs) were extracted from artificial
and actual anaerobic fermentation liquid of organic waste via the
synthesis of layered double hydroxides (LDHs), which was then used
as external carbon source in biodenitrification process. Results of
X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared analysis indicate
that SCFAs were successfully intercalated into LDHs in both artificial
system and actual anaerobic fermentation liquid of food waste, with
good slow release performance. When using SCFAs-LDH and SCFAs-Na as
carbon source with COD/N ratio of 4:1, the nitrate removal efficiency
and the utilization efficiency of carbon source were improved from
42.3% and 30.3% to 81.3% and 58.1%, respectively. A dynamic “release-utilization”
balance of carbon source was always kept during denitrification process
when using SCFAs-LDH, so that higher removal efficiency of nitrate
and utilization efficiency of carbon source were obtained simultaneously.
This study could help to recover SCFAs from organic wastes efficiently
as a denitrification carbon source with slow release performance.