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http://dx.doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2022.27.6.037

Evaluation of Ammonia Removal Mechanisms and Efficiencies Through Batch Experiments  

Jang, Jieun (Department of Environment and Energy, Jeonbuk National University)
Kang, Jiyoung (Department of Environment and Energy, Jeonbuk National University)
Kim, Hye Won (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & The Earth and Environmental Science System Research Center, Jeonbuk National University)
Shin, Kyu Jin (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & The Earth and Environmental Science System Research Center, Jeonbuk National University)
Jeen, Sung-Wook (Department of Environment and Energy, Jeonbuk National University)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.27, no.6, 2022 , pp. 37-46 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the amount of livestock wastewater increases, ammonia contamination in surface water and groundwater is also increasing, and its treatment is urgently needed. In this study, indigenous soil bacteria was utilized for ammonia removal in artificial wastewater and associated removal mechanisms and efficiencies were evaluated. Two batch reactors were configurated to contain natural soil and artificial wastewater at 1:10 mass ratio, and incubated for 84 and 168 hours, respectively. The results showed that ammonia was completely removed within 48 and 72 hours in the first and second reactors, respectively. There were no significant changes in ammonia concentrations in the control groups without soil. Nitrate was formed in the reactors, indicating that the main removal mechanism of ammonia was nitrification by nitrifying bacteria. Nitrate was further converted to nitrogen gas by denitrification in the anaerobic environment, which was caused by consumption of oxygen during the nitrification process.
Keywords
Batch experiment; Nitrification; Ammonia; Remediation; Nitrifying bacteria;
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