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dc.contributor.authorVecino Bello, Xanel
dc.contributor.authorReig i Amat, Mònica
dc.contributor.authorGibert Agulló, Oriol
dc.contributor.authorValderrama Angel, César Alberto
dc.contributor.authorCortina Pallás, José Luís
dc.contributor.otherUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-18T14:23:40Z
dc.date.available2022-04-13T00:31:20Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-13
dc.identifier.citationVecino, X. [et al.]. Integration of liquid-liquid membrane contactors and electrodialysis for ammonium recovery and concentration as a liquid fertilizer. "Chemosphere", 13 Abril 2020, vol. 245, núm. 125606, p. 125606:1-125606:10.
dc.identifier.issn0045-6535
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/177977
dc.description.abstractThe accumulation of ammonia in water bodies can cause eutrophication and reduce water quality. Furthermore, 80% of the ammonia in the world is consumed as fertilizer, which makes it a resource that can be recovered under the circular economy concept. Then, ammonia from wastewater can be valorised for agricultural applications. Liquid-liquid membrane contactors (LLMCs) have been postulated as a novel and eco-friendly technology for ammonia recovery, because they can convert dissolved ammonia into ammonium salts by an acid stripping solution. The concentration of the ammonium salt produced is limited by the co-transport of water in LLMC. Further concentration by electrodialysis (ED) is presented as a solution to overcome this problem. In this work, ammonia streams with different initial ammonia concentrations (1.7–4.0 g/L) were treated by LLMCs to produce liquid ammonium salt fertilizers (as NH4NO3 and NH4H2PO4). Then, these ammonium solutions were concentrated by ED in order to achieve the nitrogen content required for direct application in agriculture for fertigation. After the LLMC process, the fertilizer obtained was composed of approximately 5.1% or 10.1% (w/w) nitrogen, depending on the initial ammonia concentration. After that, it was possible to concentrate these ammonium salts by a factor of 1.6 ± 0.3 using ED with an optimal energy consumption of 0.21 ± 0.08 kWh/kg ammonium salt and 93.1 ± 4.2% of faradaic yield. This gave a liquid fertilizer composed of 15.6% (w/w) nitrogen as NH4NO3. Overall, it was possible to integrate two innovative membrane technologies for the valorisation and concentration of nutrients from ammonia wastewater streams.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subjectÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria química
dc.subject.lcshCircular economy
dc.subject.otherAmmonia valorisation
dc.subject.otherLLMC
dc.subject.otherED
dc.subject.otherNutrient recovery
dc.subject.otherAmmonium salts
dc.titleIntegration of liquid-liquid membrane contactors and electrodialysis for ammonium recovery and concentration as a liquid fertilizer
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.lemacAmoníac
dc.subject.lemacEconomia circular
dc.contributor.groupUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. R2EM - Resource Recovery and Environmental Management
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125606
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653519328462
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
local.identifier.drac26668082
dc.description.versionPostprint (author's final draft)
local.citation.authorVecino, X.; Reig, M.; Gibert, O.; Valderrama, C.; Cortina, J.
local.citation.publicationNameChemosphere
local.citation.volume245
local.citation.number125606
local.citation.startingPage125606:1
local.citation.endingPage125606:10


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