Sustainable removal of ammonia from anaerobic-lagoon swine waste effluents using an electrochemically-regenerated ion exchange process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 218, Issue , 2013, Pages 214-222

  Lahav, Ori ^a   Schwartz, Yuval ^a   Nativ, Paz ^a   Gendel, Youri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ammonia removal; Anaerobic ponds effluents; Electrooxidation; Ion exchange; Swine wastes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA REMOVAL; ANAEROBIC LAGOONS; ANAEROBIC PONDS; BED VOLUME; CHEMICAL ADDITION; CHEMICAL REGENERATION; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL REGENERATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; ION EXCHANGE PROCESS; ION-EXCHANGE COLUMNS; LOW-COST ELECTRICITY; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; SEQUENTIAL OPERATIONS; SWINE WASTE; SWINE WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; CHLORINE; ELECTROOXIDATION; ION EXCHANGE; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EFFLUENTS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84872425582     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.12.043     Document Type: Article

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