Patent ID: 9637402
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: C02F,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method of digesting saline organic solids produced in an aquaculture system, the method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a saline medium having the salinity of natural seawater or higher into a modified upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor, the medium comprising organic solids generated by a marine aquaculture system and the UASB reactor comprising a biofilm on a packing material, the biofilm comprising a methanogenic consortium of microorganisms, wherein the organic solids affix to the packing material and form further microbial biofilms without formation of microbial aggregates into granules in the UASB reactor; and b) processing the saline medium in the UASB reactor such that the solids are degraded and methane is produced.