title: Electro-thermal treatment of high concentration ammonia in water by gaseous oxidation in liquid phase (GOLP).
abstract: Gaseous oxidation in liquid phase (GOLP) process was proposed to degrade high concentration ammonium in water. The innovative concept behind the reactor design is that the monocrystalline silicon chip coated with catalyst could be heated instantaneously by direct current, which will gasify the surrounding ammonium solution and later catalytically convert it to harmless N(2). It is found out that Co(3)O(4) instead of Co(2)O(3) is the active catalytic component in the GOLP process and it coats the silicon chip evenly with nut-shell particle. The experimental results reveal that the GOLP process could degrade high concentration NH(4)(+) efficiently, in which when the current was 10A, the reactor could remove almost 98% NH(4)(+) after 2h treatment, at the initial concentration 1810mgL(-1). The overall GOLP process for de-nitrification could be presumed to have two steps: (1) the gasification of liquid around catalyst; and (2) catalytic conversion of NH(4)(+) to N(2), which is experimentally demonstrated by Ion Chromatography data. Also, the influences of current and pH were investigated to optimize the operating parameters for the GOLP reactor, and the preliminary energy consumption analysis based on lab data was provided for future reference. These results show that the GOLP process will be able to sustain without extra energy input theoretically if the ammonia concentration is higher than 1.48%.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China.
authors.forename: Limei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jinping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D010087:Oxides; D003035:Cobalt; D000641:Ammonia; C060728:cobalt oxide