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Published on: February 23, 2017
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Xiang Li1, Yuye Xu1, Shuting Shen1
1Southeast Univ, Sch Energy & Environment, 2 Sipailou Rd, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, PR China; ERC Taihu Lake Water Environment Wuxi, 99 Linghu Rd, Wuxi 214135, PR China.
Abstract:
Recovery of phosphorus from sewage can help establish a new phosphorus cycle and hydroxyapatite (HAP) crystallization is a promising way. HAP crystallization is an amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) mediated process, and its induction time reflects the rate of HAP nucleation, and seriously affects the efficiency of phosphorus recovery. In this study, the effects of different types of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on the induction time and phosphorus recovery performance of ACP-mediated HAP phosphorus recovery were studied, and the mechanism was analyzed by X-Ray Diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron micrograph with energy dispersive spectrometry. The results show that DOM greatly prolongs the induction time of ACP-mediated HAP crystallization and leads to an increase in the yield of microcrystals, thus leading to a decrease in phosphorus recovery efficiency. DOM inhibits ACP-mediated HAP crystallization by complexing lattice ions and occupying active growth sites on the crystal surface. Pre-removal of DOM can not only improve the speed and efficiency of phosphorus recovery by the HAP crystallization process but also improve product quality.
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