WO2010019116A1 - Appareil et procédé d’élimination de l’ammoniaque - Google Patents

Appareil et procédé d’élimination de l’ammoniaque Download PDF

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WO2010019116A1
WO2010019116A1 PCT/US2008/009709 US2008009709W WO2010019116A1 WO 2010019116 A1 WO2010019116 A1 WO 2010019116A1 US 2008009709 W US2008009709 W US 2008009709W WO 2010019116 A1 WO2010019116 A1 WO 2010019116A1
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Frank S. Craft, Sr.
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Basin Water, Inc.
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01C—AMMONIA; CYANOGEN; COMPOUNDS THEREOF
    • C01C1/00—Ammonia; Compounds thereof
    • C01C1/02—Preparation, purification or separation of ammonia
    • C01C1/022—Preparation of aqueous ammonia solutions, i.e. ammonia water
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D61/00—Processes of separation using semi-permeable membranes, e.g. dialysis, osmosis or ultrafiltration; Apparatus, accessories or auxiliary operations specially adapted therefor
    • B01D61/02—Reverse osmosis; Hyperfiltration ; Nanofiltration
    • B01D61/027—Nanofiltration
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F9/00—Multistage treatment of water, waste water or sewage
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/20—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by degassing, i.e. liberation of dissolved gases
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/44—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/42—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by ion-exchange
    • C02F2001/425—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by ion-exchange using cation exchangers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2101/00—Nature of the contaminant
    • C02F2101/10—Inorganic compounds
    • C02F2101/16—Nitrogen compounds, e.g. ammonia
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2103/00—Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated
    • C02F2103/10—Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated from quarries or from mining activities
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2303/00—Specific treatment goals
    • C02F2303/16—Regeneration of sorbents, filters
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F5/00—Softening water; Preventing scale; Adding scale preventatives or scale removers to water, e.g. adding sequestering agents

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for removing ammonia from wastewaters, and in particular, to removing ammonia from wastewaters associated with mining and other industrial activities.
  • Ammonia may be removed from mining and other industrial wastewaters using stripping tower.
  • the pH of the wastewater stream is raised to convert to convert NH 3 in the wastewater to NH 4 OH.
  • the water is typically neutralized by acid addition.
  • Conventional ammonia stripping also often requires that the water temperature be elevated in order to reduce the effluent ammonia to the required specification.
  • the present invention is an apparatus and method for removing ammonia from mining and other industrial wastewaters comprising (1 ) a membrane separation system with molecular weight cutoff above around 200 (nanofiltration) to reject most of divalent ions but pass most of the ammonium and other monovalent ions with the permeate (filtrate), (2) a water softening system (cation exchange resin in sodium form regenerated with salt brine), (3) one or more strong acid cation NH 3 removal column(s), (4) an alkaline (5-10% NaOH or other alkaline solution) storage tank for regeneration of the NH 3 removal column(s), and (5) a stripping tower for ammonia (NH 4 OH) removal.
  • a membrane separation system with molecular weight cutoff above around 200 (nanofiltration) to reject most of divalent ions but pass most of the ammonium and other monovalent ions with the permeate (filtrate)
  • a water softening system cation exchange resin in sodium form regenerated with salt brine
  • the membrane system rejects divalent ions well, such as hardness, but does not reject NH 3 well.
  • the softener adsorbs most of the divalent ions that the membrane passes, but the NH 3 passes through the softener.
  • the NH 3 loads well on the NH 3 removal column because the divalent ions have been mostly eliminated and will not impede NH 3 loading.
  • sodium which would be exchanged for divalent ions during water softening
  • Sodium also impedes NH 3 loading on the cation resin in the NH 3 columns. If hardness (Ca + Mg) plus sodium is reasonably low (less than approximately 500), the membrane system is not necessary.
  • the present invention reuses the alkaline regenerant solution after the ammonia has been stripped from it with only about 5% loss of regenerant per regeneration cycle.
  • the alkaline regenerant solution of the present invention is maintained at a pH near 14 for the most expedient conversion of NH 3 to NH 4 OH at relatively low temperature.
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention is an apparatus and method for removing ammonia from mining and other industrial wastewaters.
  • the wastewater 11 is pumped by pump 12 to membrane separation system 10.
  • Membrane separation system 10 is preferably a nanofiltration system with molecular weight cutoff above around 200.
  • Most of the divalent ions in the wastewater 11 are rejected in reject line 13 but most of the ammonium and other monovalent ions are passed in permeate line 14.
  • the permeate 14 is fed to water softening system 20.
  • Water softening system 20 is preferably a cation exchange resin in sodium form.
  • the resin is regenerated with salt brine 15.
  • the effluent 21 from water softening system 20 is passed to a strong acid cation NH 3 removal column 30.
  • the NH 3 removal column 30 may actually comprise one or more columns.
  • the removal column 30 is regenerated with an alkaline solution stored in one or more storage tanks 40, 50.
  • the alkaline solution is preferably 5-10% NaOH or other alkaline solution.
  • the alkaline solution is maintained at a pH near 14 for the most expedient conversion of NH 3 to NH 4 OH at relatively low temperature.
  • the alkaline solution is stripped of ammonium hydroxide in stripping tower 61 using air blown by blower 60.
  • the present invention only strips NH 3 from the relatively small volume of alkaline regenerant solution from the NH 3 removal media rather than stripping the NH 3 from a large volume of water.
  • strippers for stripping the NH 3 may be used with the present invention.
  • the Liqui-Cel® membrane contactors (Celgard LLC, Charlotte NC) may be used for stripping NH 3 from the alkaline regenerant solution.
  • Any type of apparatus or method capable of stripping NH 3 from an alkaline solution may also be used at the stripper in the practice of the present invention.

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Abstract

Cette invention concerne un appareil et un procédé d’élimination de l’ammoniaque des eaux usées d’exploitations minières et autres eaux usées industrielles comportant un système de séparation membranaire de nanofiltration (10) qui rejette la plupart des ions divalents mais laisse passer la plupart des ions ammonium et autres ions monovalents avec le perméat (14) vers un système d’adoucissement d’eau (20) avec l’effluent (21) vers une ou plusieurs colonnes d’élimination de cations NH3 d’acides forts (30). Une ou plusieurs cuves de stockage alcalin (40, 50) assurent la régénération des colonnes d’élimination de NH3 (30). Un rectificateur (61) est prévu pour éliminer l’ammoniaque (NH4OH).
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US6146532A (en) * 1996-04-03 2000-11-14 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V. Process for the biological purification of wastewater

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US4695387A (en) * 1985-05-07 1987-09-22 Advanced Separation Technologies Incorporated Removal of ammonia from wastewater
US6146532A (en) * 1996-04-03 2000-11-14 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V. Process for the biological purification of wastewater

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