This study was developed using a comprehensive review of the literature on recirculating aquaculture systems published in leading international journals and books. The publications were selected on the Science Direct platform using the keywords: Aquaculture, RAS, Sustainability, Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, Fish Farm and blogger.com: Marco Shizuo Owatari, José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño, Sift Desk El-Sayed et al. [5] investigated the efficiency of double drain and screen filter on solids removal in recirculation aquaculture system to improve the water quality and increase the fish growth Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS, systems that integrate the treatment and the reuse of water in the process) are an invaluable alternative for preventing water pollution by diminishing both the volume and the eutrophication potential of the effluents. Based
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Novel Technologies for Microalgae Utilization to Achieve Global Sustainable Development Goals SDGs View all 12 Articles. This review investigates the performance and the feasibility of the integration of an algal reactor in recirculating aquaculture systems RAS. The number of studies related to this topic is limited, despite the apparent benefit of algae that can assimilate part of the inorganic waste in RAS. We identified two major challenges related to algal integration in RAS: first, the practical feasibility for improving nitrogen removal performance by algae in RAS; second, the economic feasibility of integrating an algal reactor in RAS.
The main factors that determine high algal nitrogen removal rates are light and hydraulic retention time HRT. Besides these factors, nitrogen-loading rates and RAS configuration could be important to ensure algal performance in nitrogen removal.
Since nitrogen removal rate by algae is determined by HRT, this will affect the size area or volume of the algal reactor due to the time required for nutrient uptake by algae and large surface area needed to capture enough light. Constraints related to design, space, light capture, and reactor any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review could incur additional cost for aquaculture production.
However, the increased purification of RAS wastewater could reduce the cost of water discharge in places where this is subject to levees. We believe that an improved understanding of how to manage the algal reactor and technological advancement of culturing algae, such as improved algal reactor design and low-cost artificial light, will increase the practical and economic feasibility of algal integration in RAS, thus improving the potential of mass cultivation of algae in RAS.
According to FAOaquaculture production increased steadily at an average of 4. Inaquaculture contributed This indicated that the aquaculture sector will be the main driver of the world fish supply FAO, Fish production systems can be categorized into three types: flow-through systems cages and racewayssemi flow-through systems pondsand recirculating aquaculture systems RAS where either nutrients, water, or both are recycled.
RAS has an advantage over the flow-through and semi flow-through systems because waste discharge into the environment can be controlled, a smaller volume of water per kilogram fish production is used, higher biosecurity standards can be applied, and in cases where antibiotics have to be applied, discharge to the environment can be prevented.
Due to expected water scarcity, limited area for aquaculture FAO,and increasingly strict environmental regulations, RAS has become more important for aquaculture activities.
Recirculating aquaculture systems are intensive systems, which rely on formulated feed to provide all the nutrient requirements for the cultured organisms. A RAS must consist of a self-cleaning-conditioning system, which the water is reused for culture Timmons and Ebeling, Analyzing information in the literature, Schneider et al. According to Ebeling et al.
In a RAS, the concentration of ammonia-N must be maintained below 1 mg L —1 due to its harmful effect upon fishes Greiner and Timmons, any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review, ; Timmons and Ebeling, any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review, In any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review article, any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review and ammonium are referred to the unionized and ionized species, respectively.
Meanwhile, total ammonia is referred to as TAN. The toxicity of NH 3 is related to dissolved carbon dioxide CO 2 concentration and pH of the water.
As dissolved CO 2 decreases, the pH increases and increases the toxicity of NH 3 Timmons and Ebeling, Dissolved CO 2 is continuously produced in RAS via fish and bacterial respiration, and bacterial decomposition. A degassing process is integrated into a RAS to control CO 2 concentration.
Meanwhile, pH of water in RAS could decrease as a result of the nitrification process; therefore, bicarbonate is added to regulate pH in the system.
Failure to manage dissolved CO 2and pH could expose the fish to a higher risk of TAN toxicity. In nitrification, TAN is converted to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate. Nitrite is a toxic species of inorganic nitrogen at levels more than 1 mgL —1any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review, and nitrate is found harmful for many fresh water fish species at concentrations above 1, mgL —1 and for marine species at concentration more than mgL —1 Colt, In a RAS, recycling reduces the amount of water use needed.
In order to maintain the water quality in a RAS while keeping water renewal limited, any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review, a series of water purifying units can be installed, such as a solids removal unit, a biological filtration unit for inorganic nitrogen removal, and a reservoir where water conditioning may take place likes heating, oxygenation, and disinfection Bregnballe, The biological filtration unit controls the concentration of total ammonia.
The key process for controlling the total ammonia level is autotrophic nitrification, which converts total ammonia into nitrite and nitrite into nitrate. However, the product of nitrification, nitrate, accumulates in the RAS. Therefore, in recent RAS configurations, a denitrification reactor often is added to maintain a low level of nitrate in the system. The concentration of nitrate-N NO 3 -N can be as high as to mg NO 3 -N L —1 in a conventional RAS without the denitrification component Van Rijn et al.
The high nitrate concentration can have adverse effects on the growth of farmed organisms Davidson et al, any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review.
However, denitrification is not a productive process any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review the sense that the inorganic nitrate-N is converted to N 2 gas, a non-readily useful form of nitrogen. At the same any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review, producing inorganic N fertilizers from N 2 gas is an energy-intensive process Bartels, any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review, Therefore, to improve the sustainability of a RAS, alternative approaches for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate conversion need to be explored, such as assimilation of nitrogen by organisms that can be subsequently harvested.
An example is assimilation by algae. Recent studies show many benefits of integrating algae in an aquaculture production system. They improve the stability of water quality any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review a RAS Ramli, and may help to control harmful bacteria in the culture water Defoirdt et al. Integration of algae in a RAS could be relatively easy and inexpensive, as demonstrated in a study by Valeta and Verdegemwhich used an algal-turf-scrubber in a RAS.
On the other hand, anaerobic denitrification units are expensive and can prove finicky to operate. Recently the use of microalgae in fish feed has become more significant as microalgae can potentially reduce the need for inclusion of fish meal and fish oil in fish feeds Shah et al.
Neori reported that microalgae use as feed through the technique of green-water culture serves as an important driver to increase production of planktivorous species such as Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticusrohu carp Labeo rohitabighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobiliscatla Catla catlaand shrimps. Many reviews have covered extensively the cultivation of algal in different environments such as open and closed microalgae production systems Masojídek and Torzillo, ; Mata et al.
These studies have demonstrated benefits of integration of algae in the systems for nitrogenous waste management. Works related to algae integration in RAS is limited, and no recent report was found except for studies by the authors Ramli et al. Van Rijn reported that integration of phototrophic organisms such as algae in a RAS was mainly restricted to outdoor RAS due to the large areas required for photosynthesis.
Since the development has been rather slow, the state-of-the-art is limited to work presented in this review. Consequently, the potential and feasibility of integration of microalgae in a RAS, especially indoors, for nitrogenous waste removal remains unclear and must be explored. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to review nitrogen removal performance by algae subject to different configurations of RAS.
One of the aquaculture technologies which also uses algae for nitrogenous waste management is IMTA. According to Buck et al. One of the main objectives of IMTA is to increase the productivity per unit of feed given to a system, thus increasing the sustainability of aquaculture activities Neori et al. The concept of IMTA applies to coastal lagoons, bays, and inland aquaculture such as ponds and tanks. In ponds, the culture water could be partly or fully channeled to algae culture systems and recirculated, and thus can be considered as a RAS or semi-RAS for inland aquaculture Neori et al.
However, in open systems such as coastal lagoons, sequestration of the wastes by algae, though promising, is difficult to measure due to dilution Troell et al. Recirculating aquaculture systems and IMTA were originally conceptually different in terms of nutrient recycling. RAS aims to maintain water quality for cultured species while removing waste products such as organic particles sludge coming from feces, remnant feed, and sloughed biofilm from biofilter media.
In RAS, dissolved ammonia is not removed but converted into less toxic nitrate, while both ammonia and nitrate can also be taken up by algae. In addition, nitrogen can be removed through denitrification. In contrast, IMTA aims through co-cultivation of extractive species to trap as much nutrients as possible in commercially valuable species or products.
As a result, in practice IMTA and RAS partially overlap. This review focuses on the integration of algae in RAS, not covering the nutrient trapping by algae and the fate of algae in open systems. Findings presented are, however, also relevant to land-based nearly-closed or semi-closed IMTA. An RAS must include of a series of water purifying units, namely a solids removal unit and a biofiltration unit.
The concept of a RAS was originally designed for indoor systems Rakocy et al. In this review, for the outdoor ponds to be considered a RAS, the fish culture pond must be associated with a water purification pond or other unit for biofiltration.
Meanwhile, RAS also are operated in greenhouses, as demonstrated in the study of Huang et al. The greenhouse offers protection from the environment, is easily controlled, and uses mainly natural light. For this review, RAS in a greenhouse is considered as indoor RAS because of the protection it receives.
In an outdoor RAS, the biological processes may occur simultaneously in ponds, whereas, in an indoor RAS, bacterial and algal processes typically are compartmentalized and managed specifically to support the purification process in each compartment.
This review focuses on a RAS, which has at least one algae tank or pond as a bio-filtration unit separated from the main culture unit be it outdoor or indoor. Currently, there is a limited number of studies on RAS integrated with algae Table 1 Further descriptions of these systems can be found in Supplementary Table 1, any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review.
Table 1. Rates of nitrogen removal by algae reactors in recirculating aquaculture systems RAS. The different RASs that have been integrated with an algae unit Table 1 could be classified according to the type of algae cultured macroalgae or microalgaethe location of algae unit indoor or outdoorand the different configurations of the RAS, any journal on water recirculating systems with literature review.
Different fish or invertebrate species, stocking densities, and feeds given affect the nutrients availability in the respective systems. These nutrients are partially digested by the cultivated organisms and became the nutrient source for the algae. In this review, only nitrogen is considered. The nitrogen-loading rate indicates the amount of nitrogen entering the algal reactor per area per day g m —2 day —1. The nitrogen removal rate indicates the amount of nitrogen removed by the algal reactor g m —2 day —1.
Before any comparison can be made between the respective studies, it is important to check how nitrogen loading rates and nitrogen removal rates were calculated in each study. The nitrogen loading rate is the amount of nitrogen received per unit area of the algae reactor per unit of time g N m —2 day —1. The nitrogen loading rates in the eight studies are shown in Figure 1. In this review, Studies 1 through 8 as referred to Figure 1 will be used in the text.
Studies 1 Cahill et al. However, Studies 5 Pagand et al. Similarly, Study 3 did not report nitrogen loading rates.
In this case, it was impossible to calculate the nitrogen loading rate since the mussels cultivated under Study 3 were fed live algae, and no information was given concerning the amount of microalgae fed. Figure 1. Nitrogen removal and loading rate g Nitrogen m — 2 day — 1 by algal reactors in recirculating aquaculture systems RAS. Maximum photosynthetic active radiation light — μmol m — 2 s — 1 used in the studies are shown by red circles. Hydraulic retention time HRT days are shown by triangles primary axis.
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