Energy from Ammonia during Wastewater Treatment using Electrochemical and Ecological Processes

这项上海-英国工业挑战计划的目的是开发一种原型式电化学装置，能够有效地从富氨废水中去除氨，并通过电化学和生态过程在废水处理过程中从氨中回收能量。该项目由英国和上海的污水处理公司牵头。来自英国和上海的两个学术合作伙伴将与这些公司密切合作，结合上海的氨浓缩技术和华威大学的氨燃料电池技术的专业知识，开发相关的示范技术。由活水公司设计的生态处理系统将在氨回收作为燃料供氨燃料电池发电后用于处理废水，以供进一步处理或供当地使用。该技术将显著降低污水处理行业的能耗，产生经济效益和环境效益。该项目的成功不仅将使这两个合作行业受益，而且将有利于英国、中国和世界各地产生富氨废水的所有行业。我们英国和中国合作伙伴的联合工艺和技术将提供一种安全、清洁、低能耗、低成本的废水处理和可持续电力生产方法，造福社会。

The aim of this Shanghai-UK industrial challenge programme is to develop a proto-type electrochemical device which can efficiently remove ammonia from ammonia-rich effluents and recover the energy from ammonia during the wastewater treatment process through electrochemical and ecological processes. The project is led by UK and Shanghai wastewater treatment companies. The two academic partners from UK and Shanghai will work closely with the companies to develop the relevant technologies to be demonstrated, combining the expertise of the ammonia concentrating technology from Shanghai and the ammonia fuel cell technology at University of Warwick. Ecological treatment systems designed by Living Water will be used to treat the wastewater after ammonia has been recovered as fuel for ammonia fuel cells to generate electricity for further treatment or for local use. This technology will significantly reduce the energy comsumption of the wastewater treatment industry, leading to economic and environmental benefits. The success of this project will not only benefit the two partner industries, but will be beneficial to all industries that produce ammonia-rich effluents in both the UK, China and worldwide. The combined processes and technologies of our UK and Chinese Partners will provide a safe, clean, low-energy, cost-effective method of wastewater treatment and sustainable electricity production that will benefit society.