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First demonstration of hydrophobic membrane contactors for removal of ammonia from condensate wastewater

Brennan, Brian orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1869-2140, Briciu Burghina, Ciprian Constantin orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-8682-9116, Hickey, Sean, Abadie, Thomas, Delauré, Yan orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-7151-9278, Durkan, John, Holland, Linda orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-0103-0151, Lawler, Jenny orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9947-0958, Marques Passos, Thayse, Awali, Sultan, Nolan, Anna, Nolan, Kieran orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-7748-9452, Pulit, Casper, Quilty, Brid orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-0786-3584, Regan, Fiona orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-8273-9970, Rosseau, Aurelie, Tajparast, Mohammad orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-6250-7876 and Abadie, Thomas (2019) First demonstration of hydrophobic membrane contactors for removal of ammonia from condensate wastewater. In: 9th International Water Association (IWA) Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, 23-27 June 2019, Toulouse, France.

Abstract
Hydrophobic membrane contactors represent a promising solution to the problem of recovering ammoniacal nitrogen from wastewater. The process has been shown to work best with wastewater streams that present high ammonia concentrations, low buffering capacities and low total suspended solids. The removal of ammonia from rendering condensate, produced during heat treatment of waste animal tissue, was assessed in this research using a hydrophobic membrane contactor. The main objective was to test the ammonia stripping technology using two types of hydrophobic membrane materials, polypropylene and polytetrafluoroethylene, at pilot scale and carry out process modification for ammonia removal. The results demonstrate that polypropylene membranes are not compatible with the condensate waste as it caused wetting. The polytetrafluoroethylene membranes showed potential and had a longer lifetime than the polypropylene membranes, removing up to 64% of ammonia from the condensate waste. The product formed contained a 30% concentrated ammonium sulphate salt which has a potential application as a fertilizer. This is the first demonstration of hydrophobic membrane contactors for treatment of condensate wastewater.
Metadata
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:No
Subjects:Engineering > Environmental engineering
Physical Sciences > Analytical chemistry
Physical Sciences > Environmental chemistry
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Biotechnology
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Chemical Sciences
Research Institutes and Centres > Water Institute
Copyright Information:© 2019 The Authors
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and ABP Food Group, Ireland – under Irelands European Structural and Investment Funds Programmes 2014 – 2020. The project code associated with this research grant is IP2015
ID Code:24306
Deposited On:25 Mar 2020 17:03 by Brian Brennan . Last Modified 04 Aug 2022 17:31
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