scholarly journals Phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge – phosphorus leaching behavior from aluminum-containing tertiary and anaerobically digested sludge

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (8) ◽  
pp. 1509-1522
Author(s):  
Marlena Cristina Monea ◽  
Carsten Meyer ◽  
Heidrun Steinmetz ◽  
Harald Schönberger ◽  
Asya Drenkova-Tuhtan
Keyword(s):  
Phosphorus Recovery ◽  
Dissolution Behavior ◽  
Leaching Behavior ◽  
Digested Sludge ◽  
Recovery Potential ◽  
Acid Consumption ◽  
Anaerobically Digested Sludge ◽  
P Recovery ◽  
Dissolution Efficiency ◽  
Acidic Dissolution

Abstract Systematic investigations of the acidic dissolution of phosphorus (P), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), and calcium (Ca) from Al-containing tertiary sludge were carried out in this work. The results were compared with the dissolution behavior of Al-containing anaerobically digested sludge to evaluate the P recovery potential in the form of struvite from tertiary sludge versus anaerobically digested sludge. Additional investigations of synthetically produced Al sludge served as a comparison for the dissolution behavior of P and Al without the influence of other contaminants (metals, biomass). In addition, the acid consumption was analyzed as a function of the target pH during the dissolution. The dissolution efficiency of ortho-phosphate in tertiary and anaerobically digested sludge after acid treatment at pH 2 was ∼90%. The dissolution efficiency of Al and Ca in tertiary sludge was also ∼90% at pH 2, while the release efficiency of Al and Ca in anaerobically digested sludge was lower, ∼70% at pH 2. In tertiary sludge, about 75% of Fe was found dissolved at pH 2, whereas in anaerobically digested sludge this value was higher, ∼90%. Based on the experimental data, it can be concluded that significant dissolution of phosphorus from Al-containing tertiary sludge can take place at pH < 3. The highest sulfuric acid consumption for P dissolution was observed in the case of tertiary sludge at pH 2.

scholarly journals Removal of metals and phosphorus recovery from urban anaerobically digested sludge by electro-Fenton treatment

2018 ◽  
Vol 644 ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rutely Burgos-Castillo ◽  
Mika Sillanpää ◽  
Enric Brillas ◽  
Ignasi Sirés
Keyword(s):  
Phosphorus Recovery ◽  
Digested Sludge ◽  
Anaerobically Digested Sludge

Full-scale phosphorus recovery from digested wastewater sludge in Belgium – part II: economic opportunities and risks

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Geerts ◽  
Adrien Marchi ◽  
Marjoleine Weemaes
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Financial Incentive ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Phosphorus Recovery ◽  
Digested Sludge ◽  
Positive Economic ◽  
Demonstration Plant ◽  
P Recovery

One of the options to recycle phosphorus (P) in the wastewater sector is to recover it as struvite crystals from digested sludge. Measurements on a full-scale demonstration plant in Leuven, Belgium, yielded a first indication of the profitability of struvite recovery, in function of different variables such as incoming PO43− concentration, MgCl2 dosing, improved dewaterability, etc. An uncertainty and sensitivity analysis was carried out. Although possible improvement in sludge dewaterability when recovering struvite from digested sludge has a positive economic amortization effect, it is at the same time the largest source of financial risk. A theoretical exercise showed that for struvite recovery from centrate, uncertainty would be lower, and the largest sensitivity would be attributed to ingoing PO43− concentration. Although struvite recovery from digested sludge is riskier, it is an investment with potentially a higher return than investment in struvite recovery from centrate. The article provides information for possible financial incentive schemes to support P-recovery.

Presence of Phenolic Compounds in Sewage, Effluent and Sludge from Municipal Sewage Treatment Plants

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
F B DeWalle ◽  
D A Kalman ◽  
R Dills ◽  
D Norman ◽  
E S K Chian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Municipal Sewage ◽  
Sewage Effluent ◽  
Capillary Gc ◽  
Digested Sludge ◽  
Calculated Concentration ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plants ◽  
Anaerobically Digested Sludge ◽  
Final Effluent ◽  
Dimethyl Phenol

A total of 25 municipal sewage treatment plants were sampled, 10 of which were resampled, to determine the quantity of phenolics in the sewage, final effluent and the anaerobically digested sludge using capillary GC/MS/DS/techniques. The study noted in decreasing order of frequency in raw sewage: phenol, pentachloro-phenol, dimethyl phenol, 3-methyl, 4-chlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichloro-phenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2-nitrophenol, 2-chlorophenol, 2,4-dinitro-6-methylphenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol. The maximum concentration of phenol in sewage and sludge was 2800 ppb and 4460 respectively, while similar values for pentachlorophenol were 58 and 1200 ppb. Statistically calculated concentration reductions for phenol and dimethyl phenol were generally greater than noted for tri- and pentachlorophenol. Low decreases or increases were noted for monochlorophenol and especially for dichlorophenol as a result of the chloronation of the final effluent.

Characterization of raw sludge, chemically modified sludge and anaerobically digested sludge in Hong Kong

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Chu ◽  
C. S. Poon ◽  
R. Y. H. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Primary Treatment ◽  
Digested Sludge ◽  
Total N ◽  
Chemically Modified ◽  
Anaerobically Digested Sludge

Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment (CEPT) or Chemically Assisted Primary Sedimentation (CAPS) is being employed at the new sewage work on Stonecutters Island as part of the Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme (SSDS) in Hong Kong. CAPS involves the use of chemical coagulants (such as lime or ferric chloride) to induce coagulation or flocculation and let these finely-divided particles form large aggregates (floc) so that they can settle out within a reasonable period of time. In this study, five sludge samples collected from different sewage treatment plants in Hong Kong were physically and chemically characterized. They were chemically modified sludge from Stonecutters Island (CAPS) raw sludge from Tai Po and Yuen Long Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) (rTP & rYL) and anaerobically digested sludge from Tai Po and Yuen Long STP (dTP & dYL). It was found that CAPS sludge was better than other 4 sludge samples in terms of settleability and dewaterability. CAPS sludge contained significant higher amounts (p<0.01) of extractable compounds than other sludges (except NO3− for dTP, NH4+ and PO43− for dYL). The concentration of total N and P in CAPS sludge were significantly higher (p<0.01) than other sludges (except dYL). The concentrations of total Cu, Pb, Ni, Cd, Cr and K in the CAPS sludge were also significantly higher (p<0.01) than other sludge samples. Most of the metals (Cr, Pb, Cr and Zn) in CAPS sludge were associated with the organically-bounded phase. It is concluded that there are significant differences in both physical and chemical properties between the chemically modified sludge and biological treated sludges.

Bioleaching of toxic metals from anaerobically digested sludge without external chemical addition

2021 ◽  
pp. 117211
Author(s):  
Zhiyao Wang ◽  
Gaofeng Ni ◽  
Jun Xia ◽  
Yarong Song ◽  
Shihu Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxic Metals ◽  
Digested Sludge ◽  
Anaerobically Digested Sludge

scholarly journals Evolution of physicochemical properties of quick lime at converter-smelting temperature

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Mengxu Zhang ◽  
Jianli Li ◽  
Zhengliang Xue ◽  
Renlin Zhu ◽  
Qiqiang Mou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Migration ◽  
Average Diameter ◽  
Dissolution Behavior ◽  
Grain Boundary Migration ◽  
Average Pore ◽  
Quick Lime ◽  
Volume Stability ◽  
Steel Making ◽  
Dissolution Efficiency ◽  
Lime Reactivity

Abstract The volume stability caused by the hydration of f-CaO is one of the main obstacles to the comprehensive utilization of steel-making slag. In view of the f-CaO produced by incomplete dissolution of lime, it is necessary to strengthen the dissolution behavior of lime in the converter process. The reactivity of lime determines the dissolution efficiency and is closely related to its microstructure. The experimental results show that the reactivity and porosity of quick lime decrease and the average diameter of pore increases with an increase in temperature. The CaO crystals gradually grow up under the action of grain boundary migration. When the temperature increased from 1,350 to 1,600°C, the lime reactivity decreased from 237.60 to 40.60 mL, the porosity decreased from 30.55 to 15.91%, the average pore diameter increased from 159.10 to 1471.80 nm, and the average CaO particle size increased from 0.33 to 9.61 µm. The results indicate that reactivity is decreased because of the deformation and growth of CaO crystals and the decrease in porosity in reactive lime. This will cause an obstacle to the dissolution of lime and is not conducive to the control of f-CaO in slag.

Application of activated sludge model for phosphorus recovery potential simulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
pp. 199-207
Author(s):  
Michal Preisner ◽  
Marzena Smol ◽  
Elena Neverova-Dziopak ◽  
Zbigniew Kowalewski
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Phosphorus Recovery ◽  
Activated Sludge Model ◽  
Recovery Potential

through tubing and fittings made of PTFE. Analysis was undertaken by the Warren Spring Laboratory of the Department of Trade and Industry, according to the method described by Bailey and Bedbo rough The results are shown in Table IV. and plotted in Fig. 3. and 4. Table IV. Variation of odour strength of extracted samples with volune of eluted air Volume of air Strength of odour samples passing through (dilutions) sludge before sampling (1/1) Raw sludge Digested sludge 0 154 000 9 900 11.1 53 000 350 22.2 30 600 270 55.6 15 500 190 111 8 200 160 It is clear from these results that there is considerable die-off of odour strength with time, and that, as would be expected, the anaerobic digestion of sludge can reduce the odour potential by at least one order of magnitude. To illustrate the importance of this die-off effect, the results have been re-plotted in Fig. 5. in a cunulative form; that is to say as cumulative percentage of the eventual colour release against volume of air. In the case of the raw sewage sludge, 38% of the ultimate odour was carried in the first odour sample, and 90% of the odour had been extracted by the passage of about 200 1. In the case of the anaerobically digested sludge, the same effect is much more marked; 72% of the ultimate odour was carried by the first sample, and thereafter the strength of the odour fell off very rapidly. There are two possible explanations for this. First, it can be postulated that as it is known that many of the important odorous chemical species are highly volatile, they may be only physically trapped in the sludge, and need little encouragement to transfer to the atmosphere. An alternative explanation concerns the existence of two equilibria. As the vapour/liquid equilibrium is disturbed by the passage of air, the concentration of dissolved compounds in the liquid phase falls, disturbing the ’solid’/liquid equilibrium The kinetics of transfer across this latter phase boundary are much slower than for the liquid/vapour transfer, so that the extraction of odour becomes limited by the rate of diffusion into the liquid phase. Two observations may be cited as evidence for this latter view. First, when sludge is applied to land, there is a rapid tail-off of odour nuisance after spreading. Hie incidence of rain after a dry period is known to result in an increased evolution of odour. Second, in earlier experiments samples of sludge were centrifuged, and the supernatant liquor discarded and replaced by tap water, before being used in the standard odour potential test. Some re-extraction of odour from the samples was rapidly found. In practice, both postulated mechanisms are probably at work, especially if the concept of ’solid/liquid equilibrium’ be extended to

1986 ◽  
pp. 152-152
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Chemical Species ◽  
Liquid Equilibrium ◽  
Digested Sludge ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Anaerobically Digested Sludge ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Potential Test
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