Microalgae-bacterial biomass outperforms PN-anammox biomass for oxygen saving in continuous-flow granular reactors facing extremely low-strength freshwater aquaculture streams

Sergio Santorio; Angeles Val del Rio; Catarina L.  Amorim; Ana T. Couto; Luz Arregui; Paula M. L. Castro; Anuska Mosquera-Corral

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136184

Microalgae-bacterial biomass outperforms PN-anammox biomass for oxygen saving in continuous-flow granular reactors facing extremely low-strength freshwater aquaculture streams

Sergio Santorio^*, Angeles Val del Rio, Catarina L. Amorim, Ana T. Couto, Luz Arregui, Paula M. L. Castro, Anuska Mosquera-Corral

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The dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in water streams is one of the most important and critical quality parameters in aquaculture farms. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of two Continuous Flow Granular Reactors, one based on Partial Nitrification-Anammox biomass (Aquammox CFGR) and the other on Microalgae-Bacteria biomass (AquaMab CFGR), for improving dissolved oxygen availability in the recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS). Both reactors treated the extremely low-strength effluents from a freshwater trout farm (1.39 mg NH ₄ ⁺-N/L and 7.7 mg TOC/L). The Aquammox CFGR, removed up to 68% and 100% of ammonium and nitrite, respectively, but the DO concentration in the effluent was below 1 mg O ₂/L while the anammox activity was not maintained. In the AquaMab CFGR, bioaugmentation of aerobic granules with microalgae was attained, producing an effluent with DO concentrations up to 9 mg O ₂/L and removed up to 77% and 80% of ammonium and nitrite, respectively, which is expected to reduce the aeration costs in fish farms.

Original language	English
Article number	136184
Number of pages	10
Journal	Chemosphere
Volume	308
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136184
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

Keywords

Aquaculture effluents
Continuous-flow reactors
Extremely low-strength wastewater
Granular sludge
Microalgae-bacteria consortium
PN-Anammox
Water recycling

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Santorio, S., Rio, A. V. D., Amorim, C. L., Couto, A. T., Arregui, L., Castro, P. M. L., & Mosquera-Corral, A. (2022). Microalgae-bacterial biomass outperforms PN-anammox biomass for oxygen saving in continuous-flow granular reactors facing extremely low-strength freshwater aquaculture streams. Chemosphere, 308(2), Article 136184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136184

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Microalgae-bacterial biomass outperforms PN-anammox biomass for oxygen saving in continuous-flow granular reactors facing extremely low-strength freshwater aquaculture streams

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