Dear mr Khafagy,I'm sorry to ...
Published by Doy Schellekens, Advisor wastewater technology / Innovator
Dear mr Khafagy,
I'm sorry to repeat one of the answers below, but eliminating the source of high ammonia in the river might be the first and maybe cost-effective approach.
However, you may have already considered this and may not be an option. (sorry another repeat)
You could go for a classical take on the matter, using either a activated sludge system , fixed bed system or indeed go full chemical and use Ozone.
Stripping is an option.. but it’s effectiveness is somewhat dependent on the initial concentration (what’s high in your case?) A route you could consider is the use of ion exchange (either thru natural zeolites or resins) Regeneration of the zeolite will require a brine solution, and you’ll eventually end up with a highly ammonia concentrated brine solution. What you could consider to do with this is stripping and scrubbing, obtaining a ammonium sulfide solution, which has value on its own.
Somewhat more advanced ( or should I say, not a 100% technologically ready yet) is to use the solution to obtain single cell protein.
Good luck on finding a solution,
Best regards
Doy