Recovery of Nitrogen and Phosphorous as Struvite From Swine Waste Biogas Digester Effluent

Objective To investigate the feasibility of nitrogen and phosphorus recovery from swine waste biogas digester effluent and the effects of pH and NH4^+: Mg2^+: PO4^3- molar ratio on its precipitation. Methods Precipitation experiments with swine waste biogas digester effluent were conducted at pH 7.5...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biomedical and environmental sciences 2007-10, Vol.20 (5), p.343-350
Hauptverfasser: Perera, P W Anton, Han, Zhi-Ying, Chen, Ying-Xu, Wu, Wei-Xiang
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Zusammenfassung:Objective To investigate the feasibility of nitrogen and phosphorus recovery from swine waste biogas digester effluent and the effects of pH and NH4^+: Mg2^+: PO4^3- molar ratio on its precipitation. Methods Precipitation experiments with swine waste biogas digester effluent were conducted at pH 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 together with NH4^+: Mg^2+: PO4^3- molar ratios 1: 0.2: 0.08, 1: 1: 1, and 1: 1.5: 1.5. Chemical and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis were done to determine the composition of the precipitate. Results The highest removal and recovery of NH4^+ and PO4^3- were achieved at pH 9.0 in each experiment. The elevation of pH to 9.0 alone could decrease the initial PO4^3- concentration from 42 mg L^-1 to 4.7 mg L-1 and 89.2% PO4^3- recovery was achieved. The pH-molar ratio combination 9.0-1: 1.5: 1.5 effected 76.5% NH4^+ and 68.5% PO4^3- recovery. The molar ratio of 1: 1: 1 together with pH elevation to 9.0 was determined to be the optimum combination for both NH4+ and PO4^3- removal as it recovered over 70% and 97% of the initial NH4^+ and PO4^3-, respectively. Conclusions Nitrogen and phosphorus can be recovered from biogas digester effluent as struvite.
ISSN:0895-3988
2214-0190