Electrocoagulation treatment of reject brine effluent from Solvay process

Osman, Miada A.; El‐Naas, Muftah H.; Al‐Zuhair, Sulaiman

doi:10.5004/dwt.2019.24473

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“…However, the advantages of the process generally outweigh the resin fouling [19]. Osman et al evaluated the use of electrocoagulation for the treatment of high-salinity brine with an initial ammonia concentration of 14,250 mg/L of NH 4+ and an applied a current density of 0.2 A/cm 2 , and reported 66.7% ammonia removal efficiency [20]. The following table lists the main methods for ammonia recovery and removal with their strengths and weaknesses.…”

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A New Process for the Recovery of Ammonia from Ammoniated High-Salinity Brine

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This paper describes a new method for the recovery of high-concentration ammonia from water in the form of ammonium chloride, ammonium hydroxide and ammonium carbonate. The method was applied to the Solvay process, in which sodium bicarbonate is produced through the reaction of ammoniated brine and CO2 gas. The Solvay effluent contains ammonia in the form of soluble ammonium chloride. The proposed method is based on the recovery of ammonia using a high-alkalinity reactant, calcium oxide (CaO), in a closed electrocoagulation cell operating at a specific current density. The recovered ammonia is collected as a gas within a closed cell containing deionized (DI) water at room temperature. Afterwards, the collected solution (DI water–NH3 gas) is concentrated through a separate process, and is then reused in the Solvay process and other applications. The electrocoagulation process is applied to the treatment cell using aluminum electrodes and a current density of 5–15 mA/cm2. After 7 h of treatment using the electrocoagulation cell, a high reduction of the ammonia concentration—99%—was realized after ~9 h of the electrochemical treatment. The initial ammonia concentration in a Solvay effluent of 13,700 mg/L N was decreased to 190 mg/L N. Furthermore, an ammonia recovery of 77.1% in the form of ammonium hydroxide was achieved. Generally, this process, which starts at room temperature, can result in an energy reduction of 80%—from 7.8 to 2.3 kWh/kg NH3—compared to conventional processes, which entail heating the Solvay effluents to 160 °C. The proposed system and method were found to be suitable for the recovery of ammonia from ammoniated water, and can be utilized for the treatment of landfill leachate, and municipal and industrial wastewater.

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