Minimizing Excess Ammonia in Wastewater

Ammonia can be helpful industrially and economically.gas will be decomposed and then it will turn into
Ammonia can be often seen used in chemicalnitrogen and water in the reactor. In the process,
industries as a cleansing agent and also, a bleachingsome of the excess ammonia would still be released
agent. Ammonia is mainly present in the marketablein the atmosphere that can still be a threat in our
production of plastics, explosives, chemical fertilizers,environment.
and a lot more. We can also see ammonia being usedThat is why another idea came up by using Nitrifying
in pharmaceutical products. We can say that ammoniabacteria. This is the more Earth-friendly way of
can be very handy, but we have to be wary thatremoving excess ammonia in our environment. By
excessive ammonia can also be harmful, especially inintroducing these specialize bacteria, we can surely
our surroundings.control the ammonia level, and at the same time,
Ammonia came from a combination of nitrogen andother organisms can benefit from the by-product of
hydrogen. It has a strong distinctive smell and it isthe decomposition.
colorless. Aside from being useful industrially, it canThere are two groups of what we call Nitrifying
also be helpful to other organisms that live on landbacteria. The first group, the Nitrosomonas spp., will
because it is the primary component in makingfirst convert the ammonia overload in our
organic fertilizers. Because of the reckless use ofenvironment into Nitrite. Then the nitrite will be then
ammonia, it's becoming an abundant component ofconverted into Nitrates by the second group of the
our atmosphere nowadays. People are getting awareNitrifying bacteria called Nitrobacter spp. The Nitrates
of this fact that is why they are coming up withwill be then available for other organisms that need it.
different ideas that can control the amount ofIt's all natural and it is really a sure way of eliminating
ammonia in our environment, especially in our water.excess ammonia in the environment.
Steam Stripping, Catalytic Oxidation and Self SteamSome methods are also recommended in removing
Compression are some of the technological systemunwanted ammonia in our environment. We also have
used in controlling the ammonia level in wastewater.the Membrane contractors where in ammonia will be
The process will start by putting the wastewatereliminated from the waste water and it will right
with the alarming amount of ammonia into theaway be turned into some kind of ammonia salt.
Ammonia Stripper. This should be heated up with theThese ammonia salts can be used commercially and
steam in that machine. The steam that is rich incan be also lucrative in one way of another. This
ammonia will be then released from the stripper andsystem can be considered better because aside from
then will be led to the NH3 Oxidative Decomposingthe fact that it will greatly decrease the ammonia
Reactor, following the way of Steam Compressorload on the treatment process, this process can also
and the Reboiler. After all the tedious process, NH3be profitable.