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bertcmg
September 23rd, 2003, 07:33 AM
I am building a denitrator and came up with a rather "out there idea " based on my limited knowledge on Ca Reactors

Here it goes

From my understanding the Ca reactor uses CO2 to reduce the PH of the water to increase its uptake of Ca by reducing the PH temporarily

In a denitrator the water enters a long tube ( 150 Ft in my case )
while travelling down this tube the Nitrifying bacteria deplete the water of O2 thus forming a Anoxic space for denitrification ( release of Nitrogen

Now if someone was to feed this water exiting the Denitrator into the Ca reactor I would think it would take up Ca just like some CO2 induced water ( I know flow rate is possibly higher in a a reactor but its just a thought )

Also I would feed the exit water from the C reactor through the skimmer or drop the water near a skimmer or something to re-inject O2

I Can't upload the diagram but you get the picture




Bert