Optimization of membrane photobioreactor; the effect of hydraulic retention time on biomass production and nutrient removal by mixed microalgae culture

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 105809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alper Solmaz ◽  
Mustafa Işık
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Production ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Microalgae Culture

Symbiotic algal bacterial wastewater treatment: effect of food to microorganism ratio and hydraulic retention time on the process performance

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 165-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Medina ◽  
U. Neis
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Process Performance ◽  
Free Swimming ◽  
Effect Of Food ◽  
Total Nitrogen Removal

Algal incorporation into the biomass is important in an innovative wastewater treatment that exploits the symbiosis between bacterial activated sludge and microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris sp. Hamburg). It allows a good and easy algae separation by means of clarification. The effect of process parameters food to microorganisms ratio (F/M) and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the process performance, evaluated by settleability, microalgae incorporation to biomass and nutrient removal, was studied. HRT hinted at a significant influence in the growth rate of algae, while F/M turned out to be important for stability when algae are incorporated into the biomass. This parameter also affects the total nitrogen removal of the treatment. Stable flocs with incorporated algae and supernatants with low free swimming algae concentrations were obtained at high HRT and low F/M values.

Impact of temperature and hydraulic retention time on pathogen and nutrient removal in woodchip bioreactors

2018 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 153-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.L. Soupir ◽  
N.L. Hoover ◽  
T.B. Moorman ◽  
J.Y. Law ◽  
B.L. Bearson
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time

Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from industrial wastewaters by phytoremediation using water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms)

2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 217-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.W. Jayaweera ◽  
J.C. Kasturiarachchi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Balance ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Water Hyacinth ◽  
Eichhornia Crassipes ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Promising Candidate ◽  
Industrial Wastewaters ◽  
Optimum Period

This paper elucidates the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms) for TN and TP rich industrial wastewaters determined for 15 weeks under different set-ups of 2-fold (56 TN mg/l and 15.4 TP mg/l), 1-fold, 1/2-fold, 1/4-fold and 1/8-fold and a control with no nutrients in duplicate. A mass balance was conducted to evaluate the phytoremediation efficiencies and to identify the key mechanisms of nutrient removal from the wastewaters. Our results manifested that water hyacinth is a promising candidate for a batch removal of TN and TP from wastewaters. 100% removal of both TN and TP was observed at the end of the 9th week in all the set-ups mainly due to assimilation and the period between 6Ð9 weeks became the optimum period after which complete harvesting is recommended. Plants having an age of 6 weeks are ideal to commence the free-floating wetland and 21 days hydraulic retention time (HRT) is recommended for optimum removal of TN and TP. Assimilation and denitrification were the key mechanisms of TN removal while assimilation and sorption became the prominent mechanisms in the removal of TP from wastewaters.

The combined effects of carbon/nitrogen ratio, suspended biomass, hydraulic retention time and dissolved oxygen on nutrient removal in a laboratory-scale anaerobic–anoxic–oxic activated sludge biofilm reactor

2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 248-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Manu ◽  
Arun Kumar Thalla
Keyword(s):  
Dissolved Oxygen ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Biological Nutrient Removal ◽  
Suspended Biomass

Abstract The current trend in sustainable development deals mainly with environmental management. There is a need for economically affordable, advanced treatment methods for the proper treatment and management of domestic wastewater containing excess nutrients (such as nitrogen and phosphorus) which can cause eutrophication. The reduction of the excess nutrient content of wastewater by appropriate technology is of much concern to the environmentalist. In the current study, a novel integrated anaerobic–anoxic–oxic activated sludge biofilm (A2O-AS-biofilm) reactor was designed and operated to improve the biological nutrient removal by varying reactor operating conditions such as carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio, suspended biomass, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and dissolved oxygen (DO). Based on various trials, it was seen that the A2O-AS-biofilm reactor achieved good removal efficiencies with regard to chemical oxygen demand (95.5%), total phosphorus (93.1%), ammonia nitrogen concentration (NH4+-N) (98%) and total nitrogen (80%) when the reactor was maintained at C/N ratio of 4, suspended biomass of 3 to 3.5 g/L, HRT of 10 h, and DO of 1.5 to 2.5 mg/L. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of suspended and attached biofilm showed a dense structure of coccus and bacillus bacteria with the diameter ranging from 0.3 to 1.2 μm. The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy results indicated phosphorylated macromolecules and carbohydrates mix or bind with extracellular proteins in exopolysaccharides.

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