Potassium recovery from centrate: taking advantage of autotrophic nitrogen removal for multi-nutrient recovery
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2019-06-05T11:16:16Z
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2019-06-05T11:16:16Z
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2019-03-01
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0268-2575
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Potassium is a key macronutrient, but little attention has been paid to its recovery from waste streams. This study investigates simultaneous recovery of phosphorus and potassium in the form of potassium struvite (MgKPO 4 ·6H 2 O) from centrate after nitrogen removal by partial nitritation–anammox (PNA). Lab-scale batch experiments to assess the influence of pH, Mg:P ratio and temperature on nutrient removal were conducted on effluent from two PNA reactors fed with centrate from municipal wastewater treatment plants. RESULTS: pH had a strong impact on potassium removal, which increased up to pH 11. At this pH, a product containing 11.4% P, 3.51% N and 4.34% K was obtained. X-ray diffraction confirmed the presence of potassium struvite together with ammonium struvite (MgNH 4 PO 4 .6H 2 O). PNA reduced the alkalinity by 90%, which surpasses the performance of conventional CO 2 stripping by aeration. CONCLUSION: Coupling PNA with struvite precipitation allows for the recovery of N, P and K in a multi-nutrient product and may drastically reduce the need for alkali dosing for pH control
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This work was financially supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 642904
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application/pdf
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eng
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Wiley
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Reproducció digital del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5828
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Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2019, vol. 94, núm. 3, p. 819-828
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Attribution 4.0 International
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Potassium recovery from centrate: taking advantage of autotrophic nitrogen removal for multi-nutrient recovery
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/642904/EU/Interdisciplinary concepts for municipal wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Tackling future challenges/TreatRec
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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028986
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peer-reviewed
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1097-4660