H2SO4

19.998 m3/h 14.7 l/h

Input values Output values NaOH 1176 g/m3
Raw water 19.92 l/h 4.00 kg N/h
Flow of inlet water, kg/s 5.56 19.998 m3/h H2SO4 To final pH adjustment
Ammonia concentration, mg N/l 200 14.3 mM 6.1 l/h 0.429 l/h
Bicarbonate concentration, mg HCO3/l 610 10.0 mM 489.8 g/m3 34.4 g/m3
Reagents
Stripper
Concentration of sulphuric acid g/l H2SO4 1600 To absorber
Concentration of sodium hydroxide, g/l NaOH 600 8.146 l/h
Concentration of ferric chloride, g/l FeCl3 300 19.17 l/h 50 g/m3 651.71 g/m3
Pretreatment Precipitation 3.33 l/h
Titration pH in acidification 4.18 pH
pH in stripper inlet 3 pH
Concentration of H2CO3 in acidified water, mM 10.00 mM 10.5 pH
Concentration of bicarbonate in acidified water, mM 0.00 mM
Removal efficiency for CO2 stripper 100%
Sedimentation
Concentration of H2CO3 in aerated water, mM 0.00 mM Sludge
Concentration of bicarbonate in aerated water, mM 0.00 mM
Sulphuric acid consumption 6.122 l/h

Specific dosage of FeCl3 (100%) g/m3 50 0.308 mM Sand filter

Dosage flow of FeCl3 3.33 l/h 0.76 l/h
20 °C
Titration pH in alkalisation 10.7 11.00 pH
Chosen pH value for precipitation 10.5
Concentration of NH3 13.44 mM
Concentration of NH4 0.85 mM
Sodium hydroxide consumption: 14.38 mM 0.276 kg N/h
due to H2CO3 0.009 mM
due to HCO3 0.00 mM Carbon
due to NH3 13.4 mM H2SO4 filter
due to FeCl3 0.92 mM
Dosage flow of sodium hydroxide 19.17 l/h 0.429 l/h
Precipitation of CaCO3 0.01 mM 34.4 g/m3
Precipitation of Fe(OH)3 0.308 mM 22 °C
Adjustment of pH before NH3 stripper 11
Dosage flow of additional sodium hydroxide 0.76 Heat exch. 884 kW
Heating and heat recovery
Temperature of raw water °C 20 58 °C
Temperature in stripper °C 60
Heat recovery in heat exchanger, % 95.00%
Heat recovered 884 kW
Net heat losses in stripper & absorber, kW 1 kW Heater. 48 kW
Heat addition in external heater 48 kW

Ammonia stripping 60.04 °C

Removal efficiency of NH3 + NH4 93%
Stripping efficiency of NH3 95%
Outlet concentration of NH3-N + NH4-N 13.8 mg/l
Removed NH3 73.9 mmol/s
Production of ammonium sulfate (100%) 4.88 g/s
Slope of equilibrium line mol/mol / mol/mol 3.91
Gas flow m3/s; 4 146 mol/s
mV/L in stripper 1.85
Catchment efficiency of ammonia in absorber 95.51% 200 mgN/l
Number of available transfer units in absorber 3 14.3 mM
Used transfer units in absorber 3.00092 0.02278426 mmol N/mol gas
Concentration of ammonium sulphate, weight % 40% 3.03 M
Entrainment of ammonium sulphate mg droplets/m3 gas 20 mg/m3
Entrainment rate 0.485 mmol N/s NH3
NH3 Absorber
Ammonia after absorption mmole NH3/mole gas 0.023 mmol/mol Stripper 4 m3/s
due to nonabsorbed NH3, mmol/mol gas 0.0194729478 mmol/mol 146 mol /s
due to entrainment, mmol/mol gas 0.003 mmol/mol
Ammonia conc in gas from stripper, mmol/mol gas 0.508 mmol/mol
Equilibrium conc of NH3 above ammonium sulfate sol 0.000002137 mmol/mol 0.4580 H2SO4
pH value in absorber 4 mmol N/mol gas
Driving conc difference in top of absorber (gas) 0.022782120 mmol/mol 60 °C 8.146 l/h
Driving conc difference in bottom of absorber (gas) 0.458010 mmol/mol 13.7974 mg N/l 651.71 g/m3
Equilibrium conc of NH3 in top of stripper 0.985383 mmol/mol 0.98553 mM
NH3 (g) conc in top of stripper 0.527370 mmol/mol
Driving conc difference in top of stripper (gas) 0.458012 mmol/mol
Equilibrium conc of NH3 in bottom of stripper 0.0362984107 mmol/mol Difference: -0.0009
Driving conc difference in bottom of stripper (gas) 0.0135141538 mmol/mol absorber
Available transfer units in stripper 4
Used transfer units in stripper 4.00 Difference 0.0006
pH value after stripper 9.7 pH stripper
Sulphuric acid consumption in absorber 8.146 l/h

Final pH adjustment
pH after adjustment 7 pH
Sulphuric acid consumption in final pH adjustment 0.429 l/h
 H2SO4
19.98 m3/h 14.7 l/h
Input values Output values NaOH 1176 g/m3
Raw water 20.16 l/h 4.00 kg N/h
Flow of inlet water, kg/s 5.55 19.98 m3/h H2SO4 To final pH adjustment
Ammonia concentration, mg N/l 200 14.3 mM 6.1 l/h 0.699 l/h
Bicarbonate concentration, mg HCO3/l 610 10.0 mM 489.8 g/m3 55.9 g/m3
Reagents
Stripper
Concentration of sulphuric acid g/l H2SO4 1600 To absorber
Concentration of sodium hydroxide, g/l NaOH 600 7.867 l/h
Concentration of ferric chloride, g/l FeCl3 300 19.40 l/h 50 g/m3 630.02 g/m3
Pretreatment Precipitation 3.33 l/h
Titration pH in acidification 4.18 pH
pH in stripper inlet 3 pH
Concentration of H2CO3 in acidified water, mM 10.00 mM 10.5 pH
Concentration of bicarbonate in acidified water, mM 0.00 mM
Removal efficiency for CO2 stripper 99%
Sedimentation
Concentration of H2CO3 in aerated water, mM 0.10 mM Sludge
Concentration of bicarbonate in aerated water, mM 0.00 mM
Sulphuric acid consumption 6.116 l/h

Specific dosage of FeCl3 (100%) g/m3 50 0.308 mM Sand filter

Dosage flow of FeCl3 3.33 l/h 0.76 l/h
10 °C
Titration pH in alkalisation 10.7 11.00 pH
Chosen pH value for precipitation 10.5
Concentration of NH3 13.44 mM
Concentration of NH4 0.85 mM
Sodium hydroxide consumption: 14.57 mM 0.400 kg N/h
due to H2CO3 0.200 mM
due to HCO3 0.00 mM Carbon
due to NH3 13.4 mM H2SO4 filter
due to FeCl3 0.92 mM
Dosage flow of sodium hydroxide 19.40 l/h 0.699 l/h
Precipitation of CaCO3 0.10 mM 55.9 g/m3
Precipitation of Fe(OH)3 0.308 mM 12.5 °C
Adjustment of pH before NH3 stripper 11
Dosage flow of additional sodium hydroxide 0.76 Heat exch. 1105 kW
Heating and heat recovery
Temperature of raw water °C 10 58 °C
Temperature in stripper °C 60
Heat recovery in heat exchanger, % 95.00%
Heat recovered 1105 kW
Net heat losses in stripper & absorber, kW 1 kW Heater. 59 kW
Heat addition in external heater 59 kW

Ammonia stripping 60.04 °C

Removal efficiency of NH3 + NH4 90%
Stripping efficiency of NH3 92%
Outlet concentration of NH3-N + NH4-N 20.0 mg/l
Removed NH3 71.4 mmol/s
Production of ammonium sulfate (100%) 4.71 g/s
Slope of equilibrium line mol/mol / mol/mol 3.91
Gas flow m3/s; 4 146 mol/s
mV/L in stripper 1.86
Catchment efficiency of ammonia in absorber 97.48% 200 mgN/l
Number of available transfer units in absorber 3 14.3 mM
Used transfer units in absorber 3.67589 0.01230298 mmol N/mol gas
Concentration of ammonium sulphate, weight % 20% 1.52 M
Entrainment of ammonium sulphate mg droplets/m3 gas 20 mg/m3
Entrainment rate 0.242 mmol N/s NH3
NH3 Absorber
Ammonia after absorption mmole NH3/mole gas 0.0123029754 mmol/mol Stripper 4 m3/s
due to nonabsorbed NH3, mmol/mol gas 0.0106473208 mmol/mol 146 mol /s
due to entrainment, mmol/mol gas 0.002 mmol/mol
Ammonia conc in gas from stripper, mmol/mol gas 0.489 mmol/mol
Equilibrium conc of NH3 above ammonium sulfate sol 0.000001068 mmol/mol 0.4857 H2SO4
pH value in absorber 4 mmol N/mol gas
Driving conc difference in top of absorber (gas) 0.012301907 mmol/mol 60 °C 7.867 l/h
Driving conc difference in bottom of absorber (gas) 0.485728 mmol/mol 19.9956 mg N/l 630.02 g/m3
Equilibrium conc of NH3 in top of stripper 0.985383 mmol/mol 1.42826 mM
NH3 (g) conc in top of stripper 0.499654 mmol/mol
Driving conc difference in top of stripper (gas) 0.485729 mmol/mol
Equilibrium conc of NH3 in bottom of stripper 0.0663043925 mmol/mol Difference: -0.6759
Driving conc difference in bottom of stripper (gas) 0.0540014171 mmol/mol absorber
Available transfer units in stripper 4
Used transfer units in stripper 2.48 Difference 1.5203
pH value after stripper 9.9 pH stripper
Sulphuric acid consumption in absorber 7.867 l/h

Final pH adjustment
pH after adjustment 7 pH
Sulphuric acid consumption in final pH adjustment 0.699 l/h