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Electrochemically and Bioelectrochemically Induced Ammonium Recovery
Published on: January 22, 2015
Treatment of spent brine from a nitrate exchange process using combined biological denitrification and sulfate
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Daejeon University, 96-3 Yongun-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Korea. baebu@dju.ac.kr
Abstract:
A combined biological denitrification and sulfate precipitation process was developed to treat and reuse the spent brine produced by a nitrate exchange system. Although the spent brine contained a relatively high salt concentration, more than 80% of NO3(-)-N fed into the denitrification reactors was removed at a nitrate-N loading rate of 2.2 g NO3(-)-N/l x day, regardless of the presence or absence of sulfate up to 8,000 mg/l. Sulfate present in the spent brine was successfully removed by the addition of BaCl2 and the settling velocity of BaSO4 suspension was remarkably enhanced by FeCl3 coagulation. Since most of the chloride consumed in regenerating the exhausted resins was replaced during chemical treatment with BaCl2 and FeCl3, it was possible to reuse the treated spent brine as a regenerant after compensating for the small amount of unreplaced NaCl.
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