A strategy for controlling deposition of struvite in municipal wastewater treatment plants

Water Environment Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-207

  Wu, Qingzhong ^a,b   Bishop, Paul L ^b,c   Keener, Tim C ^b  

^a Dow Chemical Company   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrate; Filtrate; Magnesium hydroxide; Phosphate removal; Sludge dewatering; Sludge digestion; Struvite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITION; DESULFURIZATION; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MIXING; PHOSPHATES; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE STRIPPING; FILTRATE DISCHARGE LINES; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION SYSTEMS; STRUVITE DEPOSITION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; PHOSPHATE; STRUVITE;

DEWATERING; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ARTICLE; FLUE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14944367438     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X41771     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Aage, H. K.; Andersen, B. L.; Blom, A.; Jensen, I. (1997) The Solubility of Struvite. J. - RadioAnal. Nucl. Chem., 223 (1-2), 213-215.
2. Battistoni, P.; Fava, G.; Pavan, P.; Musacco, A.; Cecchi, F. (1997) Phosphate Removal in Anaerobic Liquors by Struvite Crystallization without Addition of Chemicals: Preliminary Results. Water Res., 31 (11), 2925-2929.
3. Battistoni, P.; Pavan, P.; Prisciandaro, M.; Cecchi, F. (2000) Struvite Crystallization: A Feasible and Reliable Way to Fix Phosphorus in Anaerobic Supernatants. Water Res., 34 (11), 3033-3041.
4. Bishop, P. L. (2001) Final Project Report - Use of Reclaimed Magnesium Hydroxide as a Wastewater Treatment Reagent. University of Cincinnati, 2001.
5. Bube, K. (1964) Stability Constants of Metal-ion Complexes. Chemical Society: London.
6. Burns, J. R.; Finlayson, B. (1982) Solubility Product of Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate Hexahydrate at Various Temperatures. J. Urol., 128 (2), 426-428.
7. CEEP (2001a) Conference Summary Second International Conference on the Recovery of Phosphorus from Sewage and Animal Wastes. Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, March 12-14; European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest: Brussels, Belgium; http://www.nhm.ac.uk/mineralogy/P-recovery.
8. CEEP (2001b) Phosphate Precipitation from Waste Waters. Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, March 12-14; European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest: Brussels, Belgium; http://www.nhm.ac.uk/mineralogy/P-recovery.: Recent Scientific and Technical Developments. Scope Newsletter, 41, 8-21.
9. Elliot, J. S.; Sharp, R. F.; Lewis, L. (1959) The Solubility of Struvite in Urine. J. Urol., 84 (3): 366-368.
10. House, W. A. (1999) The Physico-Chemical Conditions for the Precipitation of Phosphate with Calcium. Environ. Technol., 20 (7), 727-733.
11. 2O at 30°C with Considerations Pertaining to the Urine and the Formation of Urinary Calculi. J. Urol., 81, 681-690.
12. Mamais, D.; Pitt, P. A.; Cheng, Y. W.; Loiacono, J.; Jenkins, D. (1994) Determination of Ferrie Chloride Dose to Control Struvite Precipitation in Anaerobic Sludge Digesters. Water Environ. Res., 66 (7), 912-918.
13. Münch, E. V.; Barr, K. (2001) Controlled Struvite Crystallization for Removing Phosphorus from Anaerobic Digester Sidestreams. Water Res., 35 (1), 151-159.
14. Ohlinger, K. N.; Young, T. M.; Schroeder, E. D. (1998) Predicting Struvite Formation in Digestion. Water Res., 32 (12), 3607-3614.
15. Taylor, A. W.; Frazier, A. W.; Gurney, E. L. (1963) Solubility Products of Magnesium Ammonium and Magnesium Potassium Phosphates. Trans. Farady Soc., 59, 1580-1584.
16. Webb, K. M.; Ho, G. E. (1992) Struvite Solubility and Its Application to a Piggery Effluent Problem. Water Sci. Tech., 26 (9-11), 2229-2232.
17. 2 Application. Water Sci. Technol., 44 (1), 161-166.