Improving the photobioreactor operation efficiency in the technological scheme of wastewater treatment

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.248746

Keywords:

biogenic elements, microalgae, nitrates, nitrites, process scheme, phosphates, photobioreactor

Abstract

Conventional process schemes of municipal sewage water treatment, advantages, and disadvantages of the methods applied when removing biogenic elements were considered. It was shown that the existing shortcomings cause additional explicit costs and difficulties when disposing of the resulting waste. Low efficiency of the removal processes themselves causing residual concentrations of biogenic elements in the treated sewage water was also shown. A process scheme for treating municipal sewage water was proposed. It includes the use of a photobioreactor of a proposed design for the removal of biogenic elements due to the metabolism of microalgae. It was experimentally shown that the use of Euglena gracilis strain for removal of phosphates in initial concentrations of 4, 7, and 14 mg/dm3 from sewage water is the most efficient way. It makes it possible to reduce these concentrations to residual 0…0.55 mg/dm3 in four days. A 3.75…5.58 times increment of microalgae biomass during this period was also shown. A mathematical model was constructed for calculating the time of staying the sewage water and microalgae mixture in a photobioreactor to achieve the required degree of removal of biogenic elements. Based on the proposed model and experimental studies, the required time of staying in the rector working area was calculated. It was shown that with the use of Euglena gracilis strain but without removal of biogenic elements at previous purification stages (process schemes including only mechanical purification), the time of mixture staying in the working zone was 37.81 hrs. With partial removal of biogenic elements at the stage of biological treatment (0.55 mg/dm3 total nitrogen, 0.91 mg/dm3 ammonium nitrogen, 0.44 mg/dm3 phosphates), this time was reduced to 26.66 hrs. It was found that the use of Euglena gracilis strain instead of Chlorella vulgaris (FC-16) in the removal of phosphates results in a 2-time increase in the process efficiency and a 50 % decrease in time of mixture staying in the working zone. Recommendations for calculating geometric parameters of photobioreactors of the proposed design were given for use in the process schemes

Author Biographies

Sergii Shamanskyi, National Aviation University

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor

Research Department

Sergii Boichenko, National Aviation University

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Ukrainian Scientific-Research and Training Center for Chemmotology and Certification of Lubricants and Industrial Fluids

Viktoria Khrutba, National Transport University

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Ecology and Safety of Vital Functions

Olena Barabash, National Transport University

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor

Department of Ecology and Safety of Vital Functions

Iryna Shkilniuk, National Aviation University

PhD

Ukrainian Scientific-Research and Training Center for Chemmotology and Certification of Lubricants and Industrial Fluids

Anna Yakovlieva, National Aviation University

PhD, Associate Professor

Ukrainian Scientific-Research and Training Center for Chemmotology and Certification of Lubricants and Industrial Fluids

Petro Topilnyckyi, Lviv Politechnic National University

PhD, Professor

Department of Chemical Technology of Oil and Gas Processing

Lesia Pavliukh, National Aviation University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Ecology

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2021-12-29

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Shamanskyi, S., Boichenko, S., Khrutba, V., Barabash, O., Shkilniuk, I., Yakovlieva, A., Topilnyckyi, P., & Pavliukh, L. (2021). Improving the photobioreactor operation efficiency in the technological scheme of wastewater treatment. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 6(10 (114), 6–15. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.248746

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Vol. 6 No. 10 (114) (2021): Ecology

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