Advances in bioelectrochemical systems for ammonium recovery

Further developments of the Run4Life project include the new publication of Diana Losantos of project partner Leitat and co-workers about the ‘Development and optimization of a bioelectrochemical system for ammonium recovery from wastewater as fertilizer’.

The authors describe that the obtained N–NH4+ removal efficiencies were higher at lower power consumption than with similar experiences reported in literature, and that the proposed system proved to be quite efficient for nitrogen recovery at a lower energy consumption compared to conventional nitrification/denitrification processes. Further tests with concentrated wastewaters are needed, for example with concentrated black water from vacuum toilets.

The proposed system is an appealing prospect in nitrogen recovery from wastewaters.

The publication is available here https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2021.100142.