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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11010441
Keywords
wastewater treatment; nitrogen removal; ammonia stripping; air stripping; stripping tower
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- Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport [21UGCP-B157945-02]
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This study examined the impact of various ammonia stripping parameters on efficiency and mass transfer rate, finding that increasing pH led to higher removal efficiency and mass transfer rates. Additionally, a lower liquid-gas ratio was associated with increased ammonia removal efficiency and mass transfer rate within the optimal range, providing insights for efficient ammonia removal processes.
This study analyzed the influence of different ammonia stripping parameters on ammonia removal efficiency and mass transfer rate. Ammonia stripping was performed on two devices, a column and a packed tower, with artificial ammonium hydroxide wastewater. First, ammonia concentration and pH were varied in a column without liquid circulation. At the same pH, the removal efficiency and mass transfer rate were constant, irrespective of initial ammonia concentration. When pH was increased, the ammonia fraction also increased, resulting in higher removal efficiency and mass transfer rate. Second, the effects of stripping were assessed using a packed tower with fluid circulation. The ammonium hydroxide concentration did not affect the removal efficiency or mass transfer rate. Furthermore, at apparatus liquid-gas ratios of 26.8-107.2 L/m(3), a lower liquid-gas ratio led to increased ammonia removal efficiency and mass transfer rate. Conversely, the lower the liquid-gas ratio, the greater the air consumption. In conclusion, considering the removal rate and volume of air supply, the range of optimal liquid-gas ratio was determined as 26.8-53.6 L/m(3). In particular, the 26.8 L/m(3) condition achieved the best ammonia removal rate of 63.0% through only 6 h of stripping at 70 degrees C and pH 8.5.
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