| Title |
Phosphate Fixation and P Mineralogy on Natural and Ca-Modified Zeolites During Simultaneous Nutrient Removal |
| ID_Doc |
12543 |
| Authors |
Stocker, K; Ellersdorfer, M |
| Title |
Phosphate Fixation and P Mineralogy on Natural and Ca-Modified Zeolites During Simultaneous Nutrient Removal |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
Water Air And Soil Pollution, 233.0, 2 |
| DOI |
10.1007/s11270-022-05509-9 |
| Abstract |
The recovery and recycling of nutrients (N&P) from wastewater are one of the major topics to save primary energy and resources, to raise the efficiency of wastewater treatment plants, and to foster a future circular economy. In the present study, the removal of ammonium (NH4+) and phosphate (PO43-) using natural and Ca-treated zeolite is investigated in detail. Special emphasis is put on the simultaneous removal of both species from model solutions followed by elaborate mineralogical analyses (XRD, EPMA, FEG-SEM) for zeolite characterization and in order to determine the type, structure, and crystal sizes of CaP-phases precipitating on the zeolites surface. The effectivity of the phosphate segregation and chemical composition and the crystalline structure of the CaP-phase precipitating on the surface of the zeolite depend on the physico chemical conditions in particular on pH, molar ratio of Ca and P (due to zeolite modification), and the presence of NH4+. Results of simultaneous removal experiments of N&P revealed that Ca pretreatment enhances P segregation and increases the obtainable P-loadings of Ca-zeolites. Maximum P-loadings of 25 mg g(-1) Ca-zeolite in binary solutions containing both ammonium and phosphate were obtained. Simultaneous phosphate removal by surface precipitation of CaP-phases does not significantly influence ammonium ion exchange and the type of CaP-precipitates formed on the zeolite surface is assumed to be mainly brushite and apatite. |
| Author Keywords |
Surface precipitation; Ammonium removal; Clinoptilolite; Wastewater treatment |
| Index Keywords |
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| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000749195800001 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Water Resources |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Water Resources |
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