Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Anoxification recovery using underwater LED irradiation and influence of its optical spectrum on water quality improvement

  • Article
  • Published:
Paddy and Water Environment Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

This study focuses on a method for improving water quality via anoxification recovery using underwater LED treatment in an organically polluted reservoir. The main aim was to evaluate the effects of the optical spectrum and light intensity of LED irradiation on the maintenance of healthy aerobic conditions, as well as anoxification recovery, by promoting oxygen production via phytoplankton photosynthesis. Water quality was monitored via beaker and water tank experiments while using LED irradiation for 24 h (12 h on/12 h off) for 2 months in anoxic water, where the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter progressed under strong reductive conditions. As a result, red–green–blue (RGB) light was advantageous for promoting rapid oxygen production by phytoplankton photosynthesis compared with the mixed red and blue light. In particular, LED irradiation, including the green color, preserved the healthy dissolved oxygen environment without lowering the oxygen level in the dark. In addition, RGB irradiation (R:B:G = 1:1:1) did not only assist in preserving a healthy aerobic state in spite of low light intensities but also evidently decreased concentrations of total nitrogen and total phosphorous. In conclusion, the spatial effect of water quality improvement via LED irradiation was not limited to the vicinity of the light source but was applicable to a wide range, in which the light intensity contributed to one-fifth of the optimum photon intensity for phytoplankton photosynthesis.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11
Fig. 12

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Beutler M, Wilshire KH, Meyer B, Moldaenke C, Lüring C, Meyerhöfer M, Hansen HP, Dau H (2002) A fluorometric method for the differentiation of algal populations in vivo and in situ. Photosynth Res 72(1):39–53

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chapra SC, Canale RP (1991) Long-term phenomenological model of phosphorus and oxygen for stratified lakes. Water Res 25:707–715

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chen HB, Wu JY, Wang CF, Fu CC, Shieh CJ, Chen CI, Wang CY, Liu YC (2010) Modeling on chlorophyll a and phycocyanin production by Spirulina platensis under various light-emitting diodes. Biochem Eng J 53:52–56

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Do NT, Yoshimura Y, Harada M, Hiramatsu K (2015) Generation of hydrogen sulfide in the deepest part of a reservoir under anoxic water conditions. Paddy Water Environ 13:101–113

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Elçi Ş (2008) Effects of thermal stratification and mixing on reservoir water quality. Limnology 9:135–142

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Harada M, Hiramatsu K, Fukuda S (2014) Dynamics of water qualitites under the anaerobic and reductive state in an organically polluted closed water body. J Rainwater Catchment Syst 20:49–55

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Harada M, Kawano Y, Hiramatsu K, Tabata T (2016) Experimental study on improvement effect of DO environment in an organic polluted water body using an underwater LED considering optical absorption property of chlorophyll a. Appl Hydrol 28:1–10 ((in Japanese with English abstract))

    Google Scholar 

  • Hasan K, Alam K, Saidul Azam Chowdhury M (2013) The use of an aeration system to prevent thermal stratification of water bodies: pond, lake and water supply reservoir. Appl Ecol Environ Sci 2:1–7

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hupfer M, Lewandowski J (2008) Oxygen controls the phosphorus release from lake sediments—a long-lasting paradigm in limnology. Int Rev Hydrobiol 93:415–432

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jahan R, Khan S, Haque MM, Choi JK (2010) Study of harmful algal blooms in a eutrophic pond, Bangladesh. Environ Monit Assess 170:7–21

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kido K, Saito T, Uotani R, Kuwabara T, Aizaki M (2014) Estimate of the efflux of N·P·S from sediment in Dredging Hollow in Lake Nakaumi and effect of Sand Capping with Granulated Coal Ash. Jpn Soc Water Environ 37:71–77 ((In Japanese with English abstract))

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Minato T, Yokoyama Y, Oishi T, Sato Y (2012) Improvement of anoxic condition on bottom water layer and sediment by supplying light with light emitting diode. J Jpn Soc Civ Eng Ser B2 (Coast Eng) 68(1): 54–59 (in Japanese with English abstract)

  • Minato T, Sato Y, Yokoyama Y, Oishi T (2014) Oxygen evolution on bottom water layer by supplying light with light emitting diode. J Coast Zone Stud 27(1):15–25 ((in Japanese with English abstract))

    Google Scholar 

  • Ogawa D, Murakami K, Katakura N (2009) Field experiments on the lasting of sand capping technique on nutrient release reduction and the influence of suspended sediments on the effects. J Japan Soc Civ Eng Ser B2 (Coastal Eng) 65: 1181–1185 (In Japanese with English abstract)

  • Sahoo GB, Luketina D (2006) Response of a tropical reservoir to bubbler destratification. J Environ Eng 132:736–746

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Takada J, Murase N, Abe M, Noda M, Suda Y (2011) Growth and photosynthesis of Ulva prolifera under different light quality form light emitting diodes (LEDs). Aquac Sci 59(1):101–107 ((in Japanese with English abstract))

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Thach TT, Harada M, Hiramatsu K, Tabata T (2018) Estimation of water quality dynamics under long-term anoxic state in organically polluted reservoir by field observations and improved ecosystem model. Paddy Water Environ 16:665–686

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vadeboncoeur Y, Jeppesen E, Vander Zanden MJ et al (2003) From Greenland to green lakes: cultural eutrophication and the loss of benthic pathways in lakes. Limnol Oceanogr 48:1408–1418

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wang CY, Fu CC, Liu YC (2007) Effects of using light-emitting diodes on the cultivation of Spirulina platensis. Biochem Eng J 37:21–25

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wendt-Potthoff K, Kloß C, Schultze M, Koschorreck M (2014) Anaerobic metabolism of two hydro-morphological similar pre-dams under contrasting nutrient loading (Rappbode Reservoir System, Germany). Int Rev Hydrobiol 99:350–362

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yamanaka R, Kozuki Y, Okegawa H, Sawada K, Maeda M, Kutsukake Y, Hirai S, Isshiki K (2012) Development of water quality improve technique for the water improvement cannel using LED light at night in Amagasaki Canal. J Jpn Soc Civ Eng Ser B2 (Coast Eng) 68(2): I_1166– I_1170 (in Japanese with English abstract)

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Motooka 744 Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Daoluang Honglikith

  2. Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka 744 Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Masayoshi Harada, Kazuaki Hiramatsu & Toshinori Tabata

  3. Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka 744 Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Akinori Ozaki

Authors
  1. Daoluang Honglikith
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Masayoshi Harada
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Kazuaki Hiramatsu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Toshinori Tabata
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Akinori Ozaki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Masayoshi Harada.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Honglikith, D., Harada, M., Hiramatsu, K. et al. Anoxification recovery using underwater LED irradiation and influence of its optical spectrum on water quality improvement. Paddy Water Environ 20, 153–175 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-021-00883-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-021-00883-2

Keywords

Search

Navigation