Novel ammonia recovery from anaerobic digestion by integrating biogas stripping and gypsum absorption

Kim, Do-Gyun; Witherrite, Sarah; Yu, Liang; Zhao, Quanbao; Chen, Shulin

doi:10.1016/j.psep.2023.09.059

Title: Novel ammonia recovery from anaerobic digestion by integrating biogas stripping and gypsum absorption

Journal Article · 26 September 2023 · Process Safety and Environmental Protection

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.09.059 · OSTI ID:2478866

^[1]; Witherrite, Sarah ^[1]; Yu, Liang ^[1]; Zhao, Quanbao ^[2]; Chen, Shulin ^[1]

Washington State University, Pullman, WA (United States)
Washington State University, Pullman, WA (United States); Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen (China)

Recovering ammonia from anaerobic digestion (AD) effluent offers the opportunity to produce a renewablefertilizer and reduce environmental impact. A novel process developed for such an application was evaluatedduring this study. The feature of the process is integrating biogas stripping and gypsum (CaSO₄•2H₂O) absorption. The result revealed that the lower CO₂ content and the absorption temperature contributed the higherefficiency of ammonia recovery. The gypsum solution recovered around 95% of the stripped ammonia when thestripping gas contained 10% CO₂ and it rose to 100% when the gas contained more than 30% CO₂. Furthermore,a statistical model and genetic algorithm were applied to estimate the total ammonia recovery and optimize theoperating parameters. The experimental and modeling results indicated that integrating biogas stripping withgypsum absorption can effectively harvest ammonia nitrogen and reduce CO₂ emissions while producing(NH₄)₂SO₄ fertilizer from AD effluent.

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Research Organization:: Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO); Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0008808; 2022–67019-36486; DE‐EE0008808/0001

OSTI ID:: 2478866

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2007686

Journal Information:: Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Vol. 180; ISSN 0957-5820

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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