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Ammonia recovery from brines originating from a municipal wastewater ion exchange process and valorization of recovered nitrogen into microbial protein

Samuela Guida, Lotte Van Peteghem, Ben Luqmani, Myrsini Sakarika (UGent) , Andrew McLeod, Ewan J. McAdam, Bruce Jefferson, Korneel Rabaey (UGent) and Ana Soares
(2022) CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 427.
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A hollow fibre membrane contactor (HFMC), and two vacuum thermal stripping processes, a rotary evaporator (VTS) and multi-component system (MVTS) were compared for their ability to recover ammonia (NH3) from ion exchange (IEX) regeneration brines. The IEX was a 10 m3/day demonstration scale plant fed with secondary municipal wastewater. The 10% potassium chloride regeneration brine was used multiple times leading to ammonium (NH4+-N) saturation (up to 890 mg N/L). When treating the saturated IEX brine, the highest NH3 mass transfer coefficient for the HFMC, MVTS and VTS were 0.6, 0.7 and 0.1 h−1, respectively, compared to values between 1.7 and 3.5 h−1, when treating a synthetic solution. The highest NH3 recovery was obtained with the HFMC (99.8%) and the ammonium sulphate produced was characterised for impurities, presenting high quality. Concentrated ammonium (NH4+-N) solutions (0.5–3.1 g N/L) were obtained from the MVTS and VTS processes. To further valorise the recovered NH4+-N solution produced from the MVTS process, this was used as a substrate for microbial protein (MP) production. Limited differences were observed for production rate (specific growth rate 0.092–0.40 h−1), protein yield (0.021–0.18 g protein/g acetate-CODconsumed) and protein content (0.073–0.87 g protein/g cell dry weight) between recovered and commercial nitrogen (N) sources, indicating that recovered N from IEX can serve as a substrate for MP production. This study demonstrates a comprehensive N management solution for wastewater applications, leading to a range recovered products. These combined technologies can contribute to the local economy, whilst delivering to the ambitious NET-ZERO and circular economy targets.
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Ammonia recovery, Ion exchange, Regenerant brine, Liquid-gas-liquid mass transfer, Single cell protein, ACID ABSORPTION PROCESS, MEMBRANE CONTACTORS, STRIPPING PROCESS, REMOVAL, GROWTH, GAS, NITRIFICATION, MICROALGAE, EFFLUENTS, SCALES

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Guida, Samuela, et al. “Ammonia Recovery from Brines Originating from a Municipal Wastewater Ion Exchange Process and Valorization of Recovered Nitrogen into Microbial Protein.” CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 427, 2022, doi:10.1016/j.cej.2021.130896.
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Guida, S., Van Peteghem, L., Luqmani, B., Sakarika, M., McLeod, A., McAdam, E. J., … Soares, A. (2022). Ammonia recovery from brines originating from a municipal wastewater ion exchange process and valorization of recovered nitrogen into microbial protein. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.130896
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Guida, Samuela, Lotte Van Peteghem, Ben Luqmani, Myrsini Sakarika, Andrew McLeod, Ewan J. McAdam, Bruce Jefferson, Korneel Rabaey, and Ana Soares. 2022. “Ammonia Recovery from Brines Originating from a Municipal Wastewater Ion Exchange Process and Valorization of Recovered Nitrogen into Microbial Protein.” CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.130896.
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Guida, Samuela, Lotte Van Peteghem, Ben Luqmani, Myrsini Sakarika, Andrew McLeod, Ewan J. McAdam, Bruce Jefferson, Korneel Rabaey, and Ana Soares. 2022. “Ammonia Recovery from Brines Originating from a Municipal Wastewater Ion Exchange Process and Valorization of Recovered Nitrogen into Microbial Protein.” CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 427. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2021.130896.
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Guida S, Van Peteghem L, Luqmani B, Sakarika M, McLeod A, McAdam EJ, et al. Ammonia recovery from brines originating from a municipal wastewater ion exchange process and valorization of recovered nitrogen into microbial protein. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 2022;427.
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S. Guida et al., “Ammonia recovery from brines originating from a municipal wastewater ion exchange process and valorization of recovered nitrogen into microbial protein,” CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 427, 2022.
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