Sulfur reactor effluent feeding Calcium reactor?

prkajpu · 07/18/2017, 07:09 AM

Like the title states, can you use the effluent from a sulfur nitrate reactor to feed a calcium reactor? My thoughts are the calcium reactor will buffer any possible sulfuric acid while also using it along with co2 to run the calcium reactor.

reefmutt · 07/22/2017, 11:44 AM

this may be a better chemistry forum question..
But, for what its worth, i think I've seen this done before...

RAY in PA. · 08/02/2017, 08:21 AM

I've been doing this for about a year. No problems.

herring_fish · 08/03/2017, 02:23 PM

RAY IN PA. I have a general understanding of the principles that make this work but in actual implementation, could you please expand on what you have been doing? How did you configure the unit and how does it work in practice?

prkajpu · 08/14/2017, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by RAY in PA.

I've been doing this for about a year. No problems.

The only thing a couple guys brought up in the chem forum would be the flow rate. The rate of denitrification may not be the same as the rate of calcification.

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RAY in PA. Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 68	Calcium reactor I've been doing this for about a year. No problems.

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