Hydrogen Gas Recycling for Energy Efficient Ammonia Recovery in Electrochemical Systems

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 3110-3116

  Kuntke, Philipp ^a   Rodríguez Arredondo, Mariana ^a,b   Widyakristi, Laksminarastri ^a   Ter Heijne, Annemiek ^b   Sleutels, Tom H J A ^a   Hamelers, Hubertus V M ^a   Buisman, Cees J N ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ELECTRODES; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; RECOVERY; RECYCLING;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL; BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE ION; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

AMMONIA; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY; HYDROGEN RECYCLING ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; OXIDATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URINE; ELECTRODE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMMONIA; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 85015291681     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b06097     Document Type: Article

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