USING NANO-CARBON PARTICLES IN SOLID WASTES TREATMENT IN FISH FARMS

Gabr, Khamies A.; Bahnasawy, Adel H.; Ali, Samir A.; Khater, El-Sayed G.; Egela, Mohsen E.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2017.97518

USING NANO-CARBON PARTICLES IN SOLID WASTES TREATMENT IN FISH FARMS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Graduate Student, Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Benha Univ., Egypt.

² Prof., Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Benha Univ., Egypt.

³ Lecturer, Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Benha Univ., Egypt.

⁴ Researcher, Ag. Eng. Res. Inst., Ag. Res. Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

10.21608/mjae.2017.97518

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to investigation the possibility of using Nano-carbon particles in removing both of the settleable and suspended solid wastes from fish farms water. To achieve that, nano-carbon particles with different concentrations (0.10, 0.15, 0.20 and 0.25 % compared to control treatment) were applied to fish farm water at water depths (0.0, 0.5 and 1.0 m), times (12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 hour) and locations from the opening of the pond (inlet, middle and outlet of the pond). The settleable and suspended solids removal were determined. The obtained results indicated that the settleable solids removal increased with increasing water depth and time, where, it increased from 5.4 to 7.4 mg L^-1 with increasing water depth from 0.0 to 1.0 m and increasing the time from 12 to 60 hour at 0.25% nano-carbon particles concentration. Using nano-carbon particles enhanced the sedimentation velocity of the solids waste, where, it increased from 4.7 to 7.4 mg L^-1 depending on the nano-carbon particles concentrations, depths and time. The suspended solids removal from the fish pond water using nano-carbon particles at different concentrations increased with increasing water depth and decreased with time, where, it ranged from 4.8 to 7.2 mg L^-1 depending on depth, time and nano-carbon particles concentrations.

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Main Subjects

Biosystems Engineering

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