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- Title
Digestate Liquid Fraction Treatment with Filters Filled with Recovery Materials.
- Authors
Piccoli, Ilaria; Virga, Giuseppe; Maucieri, Carmelo; Borin, Maurizio
- Abstract
Constructed wetlands (CWs) represent a green technology for digestate liquid fraction (DLF) treatment. However, previous research has warned about their performance when treating wastewater with high suspended solid and organic loads. In addition, the high NH4-N concentration typical of this wastewater can compromise vegetation establishment and activity. In view of this, a digestate pretreatment is needed. This study aimed to test the performance of filters filled with recovery materials, such as brick and refractory material, for DLF pretreatment. The effect on DLF physical (electrical conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature) and chemical (total nitrogen, ammonia–nitrogen, nitrate–nitrogen, total phosphorus, soluble phosphorus, and chemical oxygen demand) characteristics was monitored during eight weekly cycles. The effect of filtration on total nitrogen and ammonia–nitrogen removal began after about one month of loading, suggesting that an activation period is necessary for bacteria. For effective N removal, the presence of multiple digestate recirculations per day through the filters appears mandatory to guarantee the alternation of nitrification and denitrification conditions. For P removal, filling material particle size appeared to be more important than its composition. Unclear performances were observed considering chemical oxygen demand. Further studies on filling media and microbial community interactions, and the long-term efficiency of filters, are desirable.
- Subjects
FILLER materials; CHEMICAL oxygen demand; CONSTRUCTED wetlands; FILTERS &; filtration; SUSPENDED solids
- Publication
Water (20734441), 2021, Vol 13, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
2073-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/w13010021