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Enhanced anaerobic digestion of livestock waste by ultrasonication: A tool for ammonia removal and solubilization

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Ultrasonication was applied to lower the ammonia level in livestock waste to enhance the anaerobic digestion performance. In simulated waste tests, in spite of an identical temperature increase, a higher ammonia removal rate was observed at lower frequency. This could be explained by the existence of athermal effects, accounting for 64% of the total ammonia removal rate. These effects originated from various convections (micro-streaming, micro-convection, shock-waves, and micro-jets), possibly caused by stable bubbles, and this indigenous mixing ability led to a negligible effect of aeration in the ultrasound assisted ammonia stripping process. In actual waste tests, an ammonia removal rate of up to 55% was achieved with a 0.77 h−1 mass transfer rate coefficient. After ultrasonication (28 kHz, pH 11, 15 min) of livestock waste, 58% higher CH4 yield was achieved due to the decrease of ammonia concentration (28%) and enhanced solubilization (51%).

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea

    Si-Kyung Cho, Yeo-Myeong Yun & Hang-Sik Shin

  2. Clean Fuel Department, Korea Institute of Energy and Research, 102 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-343, Korea

    Mo-Kwon Lee & Dong-Hoon Kim

  3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University, San 16-1, Duckmyoung-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-719, Korea

    Sae-Eun Oh

  4. Center for Environmental Technology Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, P. O. Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul, 130-650, Korea

    Kyung-Won Jung

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Cho, SK., Lee, MK., Kim, DH. et al. Enhanced anaerobic digestion of livestock waste by ultrasonication: A tool for ammonia removal and solubilization. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 31, 619–623 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-013-0284-4

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