Evaluation of UASB effluent post-treatment in pilot-scale by microalgae HRP and macrophytes pond for nutrient recovery

The partially treated effluents discharge into water resources impacts water quality and living beings. These effluents contain nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen, which can promote the eutrophication of water sources and, consequently, the development of microalgae and macrophytes at levels...

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Autores: Barroso Júnior, José Carlos Alves, Silva, Maria Cristina de Almeida, Hoyos, Nestor Leonel Muñoz, Monteggia, Luiz Olinto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufc.br:riufc/79115
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/79115
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131951
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA SANITARIA
Recuperação de nutrientes
Microalgas
Lagoas de macrófitas
Tratamento de água poluída
Eutrofização
Nutrient recovery
Microalgae
Macrophyte ponds
Wastewater treatment
Eutrophication
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Sumario:The partially treated effluents discharge into water resources impacts water quality and living beings. These effluents contain nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen, which can promote the eutrophication of water sources and, consequently, the development of microalgae and macrophytes at levels above the environmental balance. However, the control of these photosynthetic beings can reduce and even prevent the eutrophication. The present work aims to evaluate the removal and recovery of nutrients from effluent treatment through high rate microalgae ponds (AP) and treatment ponds with the presence of macrophytes (MP) in two steps. In step I, the ponds were operated individually (parallel period), in step II they were operated in sequence, where the effluent from the AP to directed to the MP (series period). On the two steps, the performance evaluation regarding the climatic conditions to divide into two periods: warm (summer and spring) and cold (autumn and winter) and the HDT of 2.2, 3.3, and 4.1 days in each pond to evaluate the removal and recovery of nutrients from Algae Pond (AP) and Macrophyte Pond (MP), cultivation ponds fed with sanitary effluent pretreated by an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactor (UASB). The main results for nitrogen and phosphorus removal and recovery were for 4.1 days Hydraulic Detention Time in the warm period for the series system, reaching values below 1.0 mg/L for phosphorus and close to zero for ammonia nitrogen; non-detection by analysis method. For nutrient recovery, the maximum values found were 0.12 g/m 2 ⋅day for phosphorus and 0.79 g/m 2 ⋅day for nitrogen.