Print Email Facebook Twitter Optimization of a fuel cell system running on ammonia from a wastewater treatment Title Optimization of a fuel cell system running on ammonia from a wastewater treatment Author Van Zalen, J.W. Contributor Aravind, P.V. (mentor) Woudstra, T. (mentor) Patel, H.C. (mentor) Monteiro Fernandes, A.B. (mentor) Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department Process and Energy Programme ME/SPET/ET Date 2012-09-21 Abstract The removal of nitrogen from wastewater is a costly and high energy demanded process. Not only in wastewater treatment facilities but also in the livestock sector nitrogen removal is costly. In this study the removal of nitrogen from wastewater by converting to ammonia to be fed as a fuel to a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) is treated. Ammonia is separated from the wastewater by struvite formation. With this technique magnesium hydroxide is added to the wastewater to form struvite. The magnesium bonds with nitrogen, phosphate and water to from struvite, the struvite is then separated from the remaining water and decomposed in another tank. When struvite is decomposed, a gas is formed with theoretical only ammonia and water in gaseous form. This decomposition gas can be used as a fuel in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC). Subject Solid Oxide Fuel CellSOFCammoniawastewater treatmentstruvite To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a912e8f6-c497-4513-a15e-3ed994306484 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2012 Van Zalen, J.W. Files PDF Master_Thesis_-_Hans_van_Zalen.pdf 3.49 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a912e8f6-c497-4513-a15e-3ed994306484/datastream/OBJ/view