Project Details
Description
This project is done in collaboration with two industrial partners, testing the nitrate removal potential of an innovative technique applied to aquaculture.
Nitrate is a dissolved N-waste product from fish production in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). The amount and concentration of nitrate in the effluent are determined by the daily feeding, biological filtration and the feed loading (kg feed pr. m3 water exchange) among others. Discharged nitrate is a main factor affecting the recipient hence important to reduce in order to obtain sustainable production in RAS.
As an alternative to denitrification, electrochemical reduction of nitrate to N2 is considered in this project. Electrochemical water treatment rely on physio-chemically controlled redox processes that includes a flow cell with two electrodes connected to an external current source
This aim of this project is preliminary test and screening of different types of electrode material and combinations and investigate factors affecting removal capacity. The effect of current density, flow rates, substrate concentrations and pH on nitrate removal will be tested and removal capacity will be evaluated.
Partners
DTU Aqua, National Institute of Aquatic Resources
DHI, Denmark (coordinator)
AquaPri A/S, Denmark
ElectroCell, Denmark
Funding
The project is funded by Innovation Network for Environmental Technologies (Inno-MT), Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation.
Research area: Aquaculture
Nitrate is a dissolved N-waste product from fish production in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). The amount and concentration of nitrate in the effluent are determined by the daily feeding, biological filtration and the feed loading (kg feed pr. m3 water exchange) among others. Discharged nitrate is a main factor affecting the recipient hence important to reduce in order to obtain sustainable production in RAS.
As an alternative to denitrification, electrochemical reduction of nitrate to N2 is considered in this project. Electrochemical water treatment rely on physio-chemically controlled redox processes that includes a flow cell with two electrodes connected to an external current source
This aim of this project is preliminary test and screening of different types of electrode material and combinations and investigate factors affecting removal capacity. The effect of current density, flow rates, substrate concentrations and pH on nitrate removal will be tested and removal capacity will be evaluated.
Partners
DTU Aqua, National Institute of Aquatic Resources
DHI, Denmark (coordinator)
AquaPri A/S, Denmark
ElectroCell, Denmark
Funding
The project is funded by Innovation Network for Environmental Technologies (Inno-MT), Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation.
Research area: Aquaculture
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 01/02/2016 → 31/12/2016 |
Collaborative partners
- Technical University of Denmark (lead)
- AquaPri A/S (Project partner)
- DHI Water - Environment - Health (Project partner)
- Electrocell A/S (Project partner)
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