폭기식 잠수여상을 이용한 고밀도 양식장의 순환수 처리 1. 해수중의 암모니아 제거 특성

The Recycling Water Treatment of High Density Fish Culture System Using the Aerated Submerged Filter 1. Ammonia Removal Characteristics in Sea Water

Submerged filter process was used to evaluate the nitrifying efficiency of ammonia in the recycling water of marine aquatic culture system. The ammonia removal efficiency was achieved as high as 99% at the hydraulic surface loading rate of up to 4.3l/m²-day. And the nitrite accumulation did not occur in the reactor even when the hydraulic surface loading rate of up to 36.8l/m²-day was applied. In the present study, the relationship between the effluent ammonia concentration and ammonia surface loading rate was formulated as an equation. The attachment rate of biofilm on the filter media at the ammonia surface loading rate of 62.3 and 311.7mg/m²-day was 15 and 55mg/m²-day, respectively, showing the linear relationship between the attachment rate and ammonia loading rates. Biofilm thickness and density of the filter media were found to be the function of the ammonia loading rate.