| Removal techniques of ammonia from drinking water and wastewater in Egypt and developing countries: a review study |
| Paper ID : 1076-ICEE (R2) |
| Authors: |
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Reham Samy Al Barawy *1, Nabil Abd E-lmonem2, Ibrahim Ismail3, Amr Abdelghany4 1Chemical Engineering, Faculty of engineering , Cairo University 2Professor in Cairo University 3Professor at cairo university 4Chemical Engineering department, Cairo University |
| Abstract: |
| The ammonia pollution/contamination reveals at the inlet of drinking water treatment plants, especially on the Northern coast of Egypt, due to the drainage of sewage and industrial wastes from factories along the Nile River, resulting in more neutralization that clogs inlet of water treatment plants. Ammonia causes many diseases; some of them lead to coma or death. Excesss ammonia causes also the winter dam occurring in countries at North Egypt forced the drinking water treatment stations to stop operation because of high pollution load. Therefore, many researchers removed ammonia from drinking water as it was limited to 0.5 ppm in the European association and WHO. In this review, a criticizing summary of researches work (1983-2021) is presented where removal of ammonia by physical (i.e. adsorption, air stripping, and membrane distillation), biological, and chemical (oxidation, struvite, photo catalyst, cold plasma) methods were reviewed. |
| Keywords: |
| Ammonia, Adsorption, Oxidation, Struvite, Removal Efficiency. |
| Status : Paper Accepted |
