Performance Assessment and Challenges of Ammonia Stripping Technologies

Performance Assessment and Challenges of Ammonia Stripping Technologies | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Performance Assessment and Challenges of Ammonia Stripping Technologies Shaomin Guo, Francesco Tosini, Zifu Li, Edoardo Borgomeo This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8833509/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Ammonia underpins nitrogen fertilizers and global food systems; however, the large-scale industrial synthesis of ammonia is severely destabilizing the planet's natural nitrogen cycle. This challenge, paired with increasing efforts to advance circularity in sewage management, offers new opportunities to scale-up ammonia recovery from wastewater. Ammonia stripping is one key approach to recover ammonia from wastewater. However, no systematic assessment exists of the performance of alternative stripping technologies in terms of key aspects such as energy consumption, stripping efficiency and economic viability, complicating investment decisions and hindering meaningful benchmarking of innovations. Here, we conduct a systematic review to compare the specific energy consumption (SEC) and cost of five ammonia stripping technologies. The review puts forward a framework to harmonize reporting on the performance of ammonia stripping technologies and thus ensure improved technology benchmarking moving forward. Physical sciences/Engineering/Chemical engineering Physical sciences/Chemistry/Chemical engineering Full Text Additional Declarations There is NO Competing Interest. 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