Date

7-2011

Degree Name

BS in General Engineering

Department

Biomedical and General Engineering Department

Advisor(s)

Tryg Lundquist

Abstract

The objective of the study described herein was to perform a mass balance on nitrogen in four small high rate algal ponds (HRAPs) in order to determine the fate of the nitrogen. The total percentage of nitrogen lost via ammonia volatilization was calculated via the mass balance.