Patent ID: 8382983

Claim:
A method for removing a gas, said method comprising: receiving into a first tank a gaseous mixture including ammonia gas; receiving water into said first tank; contacting said gaseous mixture including ammonia gas with said water inside said first tank to produce an effluent stream of water having dissolved therein aqueous ammonia and produce a residual gaseous mixture including residual ammonia gas; dispensing from said first tank said residual gaseous mixture including residual ammonia gas; detecting concentration of aqueous ammonia by volume in said effluent stream; and conveying said effluent stream including water which has dissolved therein aqueous ammonia to a second tank which breaks down aqueous ammonia if amount of aqueous ammonia in said effluent water stream is greater than or equal to a predetermined ammonia value, or conveying said effluent stream to an algal pond if amount of ammonia in said effluent stream is less than said predetermined ammonia value.