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Examine the Proper Operating Conditions in the Seawater Fluidized Bed filter System  

Son Maeng-Hyun (Aquaculture Research Team, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Cho Kee-Chae (Aquaculture Research Team, West Sea Fisheries Research Institute)
Jeon Im-Gi (Department of Aquaculture, Pukyong National University)
Lim Han Kyu (Aquaculture Research Team, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
Park Min-Woo (Aquaculture Research Team, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
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Journal of Aquaculture / v.18, no.4, 2005 , pp. 280-286 More about this Journal
Abstract
Experiments were conducted to examine the differences in ammonia removal rates with the different filter media between sand and zeolite, the expanding rates between $50\%$ and $100\%$, the water temperatures between $15^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$, and the ammonia loading rates between 2 mg/L and 5 mg/L in the seawater fluidized bed filters system (FBF). The 2.1 m high FBF (8.3 cm diameter) consisted of the clear acrylic for the upper half and a PVC pipe for the lower half, Sand and zeolite were used as the filter media in sizes of 0.5$\pm$0.1mm. Each biofilter contained 5.4 L of media. The ammonia removal rates of the biofilter were higher at the $25^{\circ}C$ water temperature than those of the biofilter at $15^{\circ}C$ water temperature, and higher at the $50\%$ expanding rate of filter media than those of the biofilter at $100\%$ expanding rate of filter media. Also, the ammonia removal rates of FBF were higher at 5 mg/L ammonia concentration than those of FBF at 2 mg/L ammonia concentration in rearing water. With these better conditions the ammonia removal rates of FBF per day are practically acceptable and ranged ken 80.6 to $210.6g/m^3$.
Keywords
Fluidized bed filter; Ammonia loading rate; Expanding rate; Filter media;
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