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Title Effective nutrient recovery from digester centrate assisted by in situ production of acid/base in a novel electrochemical membrane system
ID_Doc 20676
Authors Liu, FB; Moustafa, H; Hassouna, MSE; He, Z
Title Effective nutrient recovery from digester centrate assisted by in situ production of acid/base in a novel electrochemical membrane system
Year 2022
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135851
Abstract Nutrient recovery from wastewater is important to the circular economy and requires technological advancements. Herein, a novel electrochemical membrane system (EMS) was developed to recover both phosphorus and nitrogen from real digester centrate. The EMS synergistically coupled electrodialysis with membrane contactor to facilitate the selective recovery of individual nutrient. Under a constant current density of 10 mA cm(-2), the EMS recovered more than 95% of PO43--P and 80% of NH4(+)-N, at energy consumption of 670 +/- 48 kWh kg(- 1) P and 52 +/- 2 kWh kg(-1) N. It should be noted that the same energy was used to recover two nutrients. When the acid produced from the anodic reaction was directly reused for N absorption, the final concentrations of PO43--P and NH4+-N reached 144 +/- 3 and 1232 +/- 130 mg L-1, respectively. Adding extra acid did not affect phosphorus recovery but significantly enhance nitrogen recovery to 1797 +/- 83 mg L-1. The results of this study have demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed EMS and encouraged further investigation to reduce its energy consumption and improve nutrient recovery.
Author Keywords Nutrient recovery; Digester centrate; Electrolysis; Membrane contactor; Circular economy
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000861376600003
WoS Category Environmental Sciences
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF http://manuscript.elsevier.com/S004565352202344X/pdf/S004565352202344X.pdf
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