Ammonia removal from a waste air stream using a biotrickling filter packed with polyurethane foam through the SND
Gholamreza Moussavi1, Ali Khavanin, Ali Sharifi
1Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. moussavi@modares.ac.ir
Abstract:
This paper presents the results of a bench-scale biotrickling filter (BTF) on the removal of ammonia gas from a waste stream using a simultaneous nitrification/denitrification (SND) process. It was found that the developed BTF could completely remove 100 ppm ammonia from a waste stream, with an empty bed retention time of 60 s and 98.4% nitrogen removal through the SND process under the tested conditions. It was elucidated that both autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria were involved in the nitrogen removal trough the SND process in the BTF. Additionally, the elimination capacity of total nitrogen by the BTF increased from 3.5 to 18.4 g N/m(3) h with an inlet load of 20.6 g N/m(3) h (73.6%). The findings of this study suggest that the BTF can be operated to attain complete ammonia removal through the SND process, thereby making the treatment of ammonia-laden gas streams both short and cost-effective.
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