Microalgae culturing pond-constructed wetland coupled system and method for advanced sewage purification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12304847-B2
Application number	US-202117796316-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 7, 2021
Priority date	Apr 13, 2021
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

A system that relates to the technical field of sewage purification includes microalgae culturing pond and constructed wetland that are connected in series. A microalgae capturing filler is arranged in the microalgae culturing pond, algae-containing water obtained from microalgae capturing filler is communicated with the constructed wetland for oxygen transfer and forming algal-bacterial mutualistic symbiosis for strengthened pollutant removal, and part of captured microalgae is introduced into an anoxic denitrification functional area away from a surface in constructed wetland by flow guide pipe. Microalgae culture and sewage purification are realized in microalgae culturing pond by taking sewage as a culture medium, 80% or more of the microalgae biomasses in microalgae culturing pond are recovered with low cost, part of microalgae is introduced into the anoxic denitrification functional area away from the surface in the constructed wetland, and lytic algae cells serving as a carbon source promote denitrification in the wetland.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A microalgae culturing pond constructed wetland coupled system for advanced sewage purification, comprising:
a microalgae culturing pond and a constructed wetland connected in series;
a microalgae capturing filler arranged in the microalgae culturing pond, the microalgae capturing filler configured to recover more than 80% of the microalgae from the microalgae culturing pond;
a flow channel connecting the microalgae culturing pond and the constructed wetland, the flow channel configured to introduce algae-containing water, obtained after the microalgae capturing filler captures microalgae, into the constructed wetland; and
a flow guide pipe configured to direct a portion of the microalgae recovered into an anoxic denitrification area below liquid surface in the constructed wetland.

2. The microalgae culturing pond constructed wetland coupled system for advanced sewage purification of claim 1 , wherein the microalgae capturing filler is selected from the group consisting of flannel and microfiber.

3. The microalgae culturing pond constructed wetland coupled system for advanced sewage purification of claim 2 , wherein the microalgae capturing filler is selected from microfiber.

4. The microalgae culturing pond constructed wetland coupled system for advanced sewage purification of claim 1 , wherein the microalgae culturing pond discharges water through an overflow weir.

5. The microalgae culturing pond constructed wetland coupled system for advanced sewage purification of claim 1 , wherein LED lights are provided around and above the microalgae culturing pond as supplementary light sources.

6. The microalgae culturing pond constructed wetland coupled system for advanced sewage purification of claim 1 , wherein an aeration disc is arranged at the bottom of the microalgae culturing pond.

7. The microalgae culturing pond constructed wetland coupled system for advanced sewage purification of claim 1 , wherein the constructed wetland is made of concrete and the bottom undergoes anti-seepage treatment.

8. The microalgae culturing pond constructed wetland coupled system for advanced sewage purification of claim 1 , wherein a filler is arranged inside the constructed wetland, the filler being quartz sand with a particle size of 4-6 cm, and a depth of the filler is set to 0.6-0.8 m.

9. A method for advanced sewage purification using the microalgae culturing pond-constructed wetland coupled system of claim 1 , comprising:
cultivating microalgae in a microalgae culturing pond using sewage as a culture medium;
capturing the microalgae from the microalgae culturing pond using a microalgae capturing filler;
introducing algae-containing water, obtained after capturing the microalgae, into a constructed wetland;
introducing a portion of the microalgae captured into an anoxic denitrification area below liquid surface of the constructed wetland; and
collecting the remaining microalgae captured for production of biomass-related products.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein cultivating microalgae in the microalgae culturing pond uses a two-stage microalgae cultivation-algae water separation process.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein cultivating microalgae in the microalgae culturing pond uses a mixed suspension-adhesion microalgae cultivation process.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising controlling a retention time of the sewage in the microalgae culturing pond to be 3-5 days, and a retention time of the algae-containing water in the constructed wetland to be 1-3 days.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the retention time of the sewage in the microalgae culturing pond is 4 days, and the retention time of the algae-containing water in the constructed wetland is 2 days.

Assignees

• Univ Shandong

Inventors

• Zhang Jian
• Zhuang Linlan
• Li Mengting
• Liang Shuang
• Hu Zhen
• Xie Huijun
• Wu Haiming
• Guo Zizhang

Classifications

• C02F3/30

  Aerobic and anaerobic processes · CPC title

• Y02W10/10

  Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage · CPC title

• C02F3/32

  characterised by the animals or plants used, e.g. algae · CPC title

• C02F2201/3222

  Units using UV-light emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• C02F2101/16

  Nitrogen compounds, e.g. ammonia · CPC title