Abstract:To address the issue of unclear carbon emission in drainage pipeline at the low flow rate, taking 24 combined sewage drainage pipelines in Nanjing as a study object, the variation characteristics of CH4 and N2O emissions at the low flow rate of the pipeline are inspected. The deposition / suspension characteristics of carbon and nitrogen pollutants in the pipeline network at the low flow rate are analyzed. The relationship between the carbon and nitrogen pollutants and the CH4 and N2O emissions is clarified. And the effects of microbial flora and their metabolism on the production and excretion of CH4 and N2O are explored. The results show that when the pipelines are operated at the low flow rate (0.01~0.09 m·s-1), the maximum yields of dissolved CH4 and N2O are 168.58 μg·g-1·d-1 and 1.23 μg·g-1·d-1, respectively. After operated at a flow rate of 0.05 m·s-1 for 40 min, the total carbon emission yield of the accumulated sediment is the maximum (5 047.92 μg·g-1·d-1), which is related to the significant changes of carbon and nitrogen pollutants in the aqueous and solid phases caused by water flow erosion. Gaseous CH4 shows the positive correlations with Proteobacteria, Acinetobacter, JGI-0000079-D21 and dehydrogenases. And Gaseous N2O exhibits the positive correlations with Firmicutes, Actinobacteriota, norank_f_JG30-KF-CM45, Bacteroidetes_vadinHA17 and proteases. The above-mentioned biological triggers should be given special attention in the process of carbon emission reduction of drainage pipelines.