Performance Of Lemna Sp. And Spirodela Sp. On Nutrient Removal From Fish Farm Wastewater

Phytoremediation employs plants to remove contaminated soil and wastewater. The effluents from aquaculture has large amount of suspended solids and enriched with nitrogen and phosphorus in aquatic ecosystems. By using conventional wastewater treatment to treat fishpond wastewater, the cost is exp...

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Main Author: Neoh, Sun Hao
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2017
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description Phytoremediation employs plants to remove contaminated soil and wastewater. The effluents from aquaculture has large amount of suspended solids and enriched with nitrogen and phosphorus in aquatic ecosystems. By using conventional wastewater treatment to treat fishpond wastewater, the cost is expensive to run and maintain. The performance of phytoremediation by using macrophytes, such as Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp., are evaluated on treatment of fishpond wastewater. The duckweeds were fed with wastewater from Catfish production facility. The objective was to determine the nutrient update and its effect towards biomass. 4 pond rigs were set up to study. They were Spirodela sp., Lemna sp., mix (Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp.) and control (without plant). The water quality was monitored as well. The treatment by phytoremediation was done in raceway pond rig for 2 weeks. The efficiency of phosphate removal was 89% and 85% by Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp. respectively. Spirodela sp. reduced nitrate concentration to 3.6 mg/L, while Lemna sp. managed to reduce to 7.9 mg/l. Spirodela sp. archived 89.0% in phosphate removal efficiency compared to that of Lemna sp. at only 85.1%. Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp. reduced turbidity from 16.2 ± 4.0 NTU to 3.2 ± 2.4 NTU in just 6 days. However, both Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp. did not change much in pH value. COD volatile solids of fishpond wastewater. In overall, Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp. were good for nutrient removal, improve water quality and growth of biomass.
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spelling usm-532002022-06-30T08:47:18Z http://eprints.usm.my/53200/ Performance Of Lemna Sp. And Spirodela Sp. On Nutrient Removal From Fish Farm Wastewater Neoh, Sun Hao T Technology TP155-156 Chemical engineering Phytoremediation employs plants to remove contaminated soil and wastewater. The effluents from aquaculture has large amount of suspended solids and enriched with nitrogen and phosphorus in aquatic ecosystems. By using conventional wastewater treatment to treat fishpond wastewater, the cost is expensive to run and maintain. The performance of phytoremediation by using macrophytes, such as Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp., are evaluated on treatment of fishpond wastewater. The duckweeds were fed with wastewater from Catfish production facility. The objective was to determine the nutrient update and its effect towards biomass. 4 pond rigs were set up to study. They were Spirodela sp., Lemna sp., mix (Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp.) and control (without plant). The water quality was monitored as well. The treatment by phytoremediation was done in raceway pond rig for 2 weeks. The efficiency of phosphate removal was 89% and 85% by Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp. respectively. Spirodela sp. reduced nitrate concentration to 3.6 mg/L, while Lemna sp. managed to reduce to 7.9 mg/l. Spirodela sp. archived 89.0% in phosphate removal efficiency compared to that of Lemna sp. at only 85.1%. Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp. reduced turbidity from 16.2 ± 4.0 NTU to 3.2 ± 2.4 NTU in just 6 days. However, both Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp. did not change much in pH value. COD volatile solids of fishpond wastewater. In overall, Lemna sp. and Spirodela sp. were good for nutrient removal, improve water quality and growth of biomass. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2017-06-01 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/53200/1/Performance%20Of%20Lemna%20Sp.%20And%20Spirodela%20Sp.%20On%20Nutrient%20Removal%20From%20Fish%20Farm%20Wastewater_Neoh%20Sun%20Hao_K4_2017.pdf Neoh, Sun Hao (2017) Performance Of Lemna Sp. And Spirodela Sp. On Nutrient Removal From Fish Farm Wastewater. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Kimia. (Submitted)
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Neoh, Sun Hao
Performance Of Lemna Sp. And Spirodela Sp. On Nutrient Removal From Fish Farm Wastewater
title Performance Of Lemna Sp. And Spirodela Sp. On Nutrient Removal From Fish Farm Wastewater
title_full Performance Of Lemna Sp. And Spirodela Sp. On Nutrient Removal From Fish Farm Wastewater
title_fullStr Performance Of Lemna Sp. And Spirodela Sp. On Nutrient Removal From Fish Farm Wastewater
title_full_unstemmed Performance Of Lemna Sp. And Spirodela Sp. On Nutrient Removal From Fish Farm Wastewater
title_short Performance Of Lemna Sp. And Spirodela Sp. On Nutrient Removal From Fish Farm Wastewater
title_sort performance of lemna sp. and spirodela sp. on nutrient removal from fish farm wastewater
topic T Technology
TP155-156 Chemical engineering
url http://eprints.usm.my/53200/
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