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ارزیابی حذف آمونیاک از پساب صنعتی با بکارگیری روش‌های عریان‌سازی با جریان هوا و اکسیداسیون هوای مرطوب

نوع مقاله : پژوهشی

نویسندگان
1 کارشناس ارشد مهندسی شیمی، دانشکده مهندسی شهید نیکبخت، دانشگاه سیستان و بلوچستان، زاهدان، ایران.
2 استادیارگروه مهندسی شیمی، دانشکده مهندسی شهید نیکبخت، دانشگاه سیستان و بلوچستان، زاهدان، ایران.
چکیده
وجود آمونیاک در پساب‌ صنایع پتروشیمی یکی از چالش‌های مهم زیست‌محیطی است. در این پژوهش، به شبیه‌سازی و تحلیل دو روش عریان‌سازی با جریان هوا و اکسیداسیون هوای مرطوب (WAO)، جهت حذف آمونیاک، با استفاده از نرم‌افزار Aspen Plus پرداخته شد. پس از شبیه‌سازی فرآیندها با استفاده از داده‌های تجربی و شرایط عملیاتی صنعتی، اعتبارسنجی مدل‌ها با داده‌های مطالعات پیشین صورت گرفت. در شبیه‌‌سازی فرآیندها از مدل ترمودینامیکی ENRTL-RK استفاده شد. هر دو روش مورد بررسی کارایی قابل قبولی از نظر میزان بازیابی نیتروژن نشان دادند. روش WAO با راندمان حذف آمونیاک ‌98/53 درصد، عملکرد بالاتری نسبت به روش عریان‌سازی، با درصد حذف  آمونیاک ‌92/9  درصد نشان داد. با این وجود، روش WAO نیازمند شرایط عملیاتی پیچیده‌تر و مصرف انرژی بالاتر است. روش عریان‌سازی، با وجود راندمان کمتر، به‌دلیل سادگی عملیاتی، هزینه پایین و سهولت اجرا، در بسیاری موارد گزینه مناسبی برای کاربردهای صنعتی به‌ویژه در شرایط محدودیت فناوری محسوب می‌شود.
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عنوان مقاله English

Evaluation of Ammonia Removal from Industrial Wastewater Using Air Stripping and Wet Air Oxidation Methods

نویسندگان English

Amir Masoud Vares 1
Bahareh Bidar 2
Vajihe Yousefi 2
1 M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shahid Nikbakht Faculty of Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.
2 Assistant professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shahid Nikbakht Faculty of Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.
چکیده English

The presence of ammonia in petrochemical wastewater represents a significant environmental challenge. In this study, two methods—stripping with air flow and wet air oxidation (WAO)—for ammonia removal were simulated and analyzed using Aspen Plus software. After simulating the processes based on experimental data and industrial operating conditions, the models were validated with data from previous studies. The thermodynamic model ENRTL-RK was used in the process simulation. Both methods showed acceptable efficiency in terms of nitrogen recovery. The WAO method, with an ammonia removal efficiency of 98.53%, demonstrated superior performance compared to the stripping method, which achieved an ammonia removal efficiency of 92.90%. However, the WAO method requires more complex operating conditions and higher energy consumption. Despite its lower efficiency, the stripping method is considered a suitable option for industrial applications in many cases, especially under technological limitations, due to its operational simplicity, low cost, and ease of implementation.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Air Stripping
Wet Air Oxidation
Ammonia Removal
Industrial Wastewater
Aspen Plus
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