Systems and Methods for Reducing Ammonia Emissions from Liquid Effluents and for Recovering the Ammonia

A system for treating liquid effluent comprising:

• (a) an effluent stream in fluid communication with a homogenization tank, a solid separation unit and a phosphorus separation tank;
• (b) a homogenization tank in fluid communication with said effluent stream and said solid separation unit wherein said homogenization tank includes a system for removal of ammonia from a liquid effluent includes a membrane manifold system in fluid communication with a liquid effluent from said solid separation unit, a stripping solution tank in fluid communication with said membrane manifold system, a stripping solution contained in said tank wherein said stripping solution is in fluid communication with said manifold system, a pump in fluid communication with said stripping solution and said membrane manifold system, and a pH measurement and alkali addition control dispenser in fluid communication with said liquid effluent in said removal tank,
• (c) a solid separation unit in fluid communication with said homogenization tank and said phosphorus removal tank;
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• (d) a phosphorus separation unit in fluid communication with said solid separation unit.

A system for at least reducing the concentration of ammonia from an anaerobic digester comprising:

• (a) an effluent stream in fluid communication with an anaerobic digester,
• (b) an anaerobic digester in fluid communication with said effluent stream wherein said digester comprises at least one membrane manifold system in fluid communication with a stripping solution tank to at least reduce the concentration of ammonia in said liquid effluent,
• (c) a stripping solution tank in fluid communication with said digester wherein said tank comprises a stripping solution, and
• (d) a pH measurement and acid addition dispenser in fluid communication with said stripping solution in said stripping solution tank,
• wherein said least reducing the concentration of ammonia increases the production of biogas by eliminating the toxicity of high ammonia concentration to methanogens.

A system for at least reducing the concentration of ammonia in a wastewater tank comprising:

• (a) an effluent stream in fluid communication with a wastewater tank,
• (b) a wasterwater tank in fluid communication with said effluent stream and an anaerobic digestor wherein said tank comprises at least one membrane manifold system in fluid communication with a stripping solution tank wherein a raw waste stripped of ammonia is produced, and a mixer to at least reduce the concentration of ammonia in said liquid effluent,
• (c) a stripping solution tank in fluid communication with said wastewater tank wherein said tank comprises a stripping solution, and
• (d) an anaerobic digester in fluid communication with said wastewater tank wherein said ammonia stripped raw waste is transported from said wastewater tank to said anaerobic digester, wherein said at least reducing the concentration of ammonia increases the production of biogas by eliminating the toxicity of high ammonia concentration to methanogens.

A wastewater treatment system comprising:

• (a) a wastewater tank in fluid communication with a deamonification tank through a flat microporous, hydrophobic gas-permeable membrane wherein said wastewater tank includes a mixer, a pH measurement and alkali addition dispenser,
• (b) a flat microporous, hydrophobic gas-permeable membrane in fluid communication with said wastewater tank and said deamonification tank wherein said membrane forms a common partition between said tanks,
• (c) a deamonification tank in fluid communication with said wastewater tank through a flat microporous, hydrophobic gas-permeable membrane wherein said deamonification tank includes a blower, a mixer, and a composition comprising a mixture of isolated bacteria selected from the group consisting of Nitrosomonas sp. strain HPNS.1, Mycetocola sp. strain HPNS.2, Chitinophaga sp. strain HPNS.3, Unclassified sp. strain HPNS.4, Castellaniella sp. strain HPSN.5, Sejongia sp. strain HPNS.6, Kalistella sp. strain HPNS.7, Pedobacter sp. strain HPNS.8, Nitrosomonas sp. strain HPNS,9 Comamonas sp strain HPNS.10,Subtercola sp. strain HPNS.11, Coamonas sp. strain HPNS.12, Catellaniella sp. strain HPNS.13, Thermomonas sp. strain HPNS.14, Adhaeribacter sp. strain HPNS 15, and Comamonas sp. strain HPNS.15, of the High Performance Nitrifying Sludge Culture HPNS, deposited as NRRL deposit accession number NRRL B-50298 and Candidatus Brocadia caroliniensis, Isolate deposited as NRRL B-50286.

A system for enriching irrigation water with ammonia comprising:

• (a) a source of irrigation water in fluid communication with a wastewater tank,
• (b) a wastewater tank containing ammonia containing liquid effluent in fluid communication with a source of irrigation water and a means for irrigating plants wherein said wastewater tank includes a microporous hydrophobic gas-permeable membrane in fluid communication with said irrigation water and said means for irrigating plants,
• (c) a microporous hydrophobic gas-permeable membrane in fluid communication with said irrigation water and said means for irrigating plants, and
• (d) a means for irrigating plants in fluid communication with said microporous hydrophobic gas-permeable membrane, wherein said membrane removes ammonia from said ammonia containing liquid effluent and said irrigation water in said membrane sweeps said ammonia to said means for irrigation.