Microalgae-activated sludge treatment of molasses wastewater in sequencing batch photo-bioreactor.

Abstract:

:The aim of this work was the examination of the treatment potential of molasses wastewater, by the utilization of activated sludge and microalgae. The systems used included a sequencing batch bioreactor and a similar photo-bioreactor, favoring microalgae growth. The microalgae treatment of molasses wastewater mixture resulted in a considerable reduction in the total nitrogen content. A reduction in the ammonium and nitrate content was observed in the photo-bioreactor, while the effluent's total nitrogen consisted mainly of 50% organic nitrogen. The transformation of the nitrogen forms in the photo-bioreactor was attributed to microalgae activity, resulting in the production of a better quality effluent. Lower COD removal was observed for the photo-bioreactor than the control, which however increased, by the replacement of the anoxic phase by a long aeration period. The mechanism of nitrogen removal included both the denitrification process during the anoxic stage and the microalgae activities, as the replacement of the anoxic stage resulted in low total nitrogen removal capacities. A decrease in the photobioreactor performance was observed after 35 days of operation due to biofilm formation on the light tube surface, while the operation at higher temperature accelerated microalgae growth, resulting thus in the early failure of the photoreactor.

journal_name

Environ Technol

journal_title

Environmental technology

authors

Tsioptsias C,Lionta G,Samaras P

doi

10.1080/09593330.2016.1218552

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-05-01 00:00:00

pages

1120-1126

issue

9

eissn

0959-3330

issn

1479-487X

journal_volume

38

pub_type

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