Integrated Membrane Bioreactor for Water Quality Control in Marine Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

• Published in: Separation science and technology Vol. 48; no. 12; pp. 1758 - 1767
• Main Authors: Holan, A. B., Wold, P.-A., Øie, G., Leiknes, T. O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013
• Subjects: Acartia tonsa; Aquaculture; Bioreactors; Brachionus; colloidal particles; copepod; Cultivation; Extraction; fine suspended solids; Marine; MBR; membrane filtration; Membranes; RAS; recirculating aquaculture system; rotifer; Rotifera; Tanks; Water quality

The aquaculture live feed organisms Acartia tonsa (a calanoid copepod, experiment 1) and Brachionus "Cayman" (a rotifer, experiment 2) were cultivated in marine recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), respectively. The pilot plant was built as a combination of conventional RAS (cRAS) and...