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Phosphorus removal from wastewater by waste concrete: influence of P concentration and temperature on the product

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This study investigated the feature of phosphorus uptake by low-cost waste concrete. Adsorption isotherms, metal dissolution, influence of P concentration and temperature, as well as adsorbent regeneration were investigated. Chemical extraction, SEM, XRD, FTIR, and XPS were employed to determine the products of P sequestration. Results demonstrated that phosphate adsorption fitted the Langmuir isotherm model well, with estimated maximum phosphate adsorption capacity of 80.5 mg/g (10 °C). Of adsorbed phosphate, 72.1% could be desorbed when 0.1 M citrate buffer was used as eluant, and waste concrete could be recovered and reused for 4 times by the combination of eluting and roasting. Mechanisms including Ca/alkali dissolution, surface adsorption, and chemical precipitation are involved in the sequestration of phosphorus from wastewater by waste concrete. Weakly adsorptive phosphorus and Ca-P precipitate were the main products. P concentration was the major factor that affected P removal capacity and the product types, while temperature had certain effect at low P concentration. The dominant product was weakly adsorptive phosphorus for low P concentration at low temperature, which was substituted by Ca-P precipitate as temperature or P concentration increased. The increase of P concentration assisted both the increase of P removal potential and the formation of Ca-P precipitate to crystal DCPD.

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This study is supported by the Science and Technology Planning Project of Hebei Province (No. 17273802D) and Higher Educational Science and Technology Program of Hebei Province (No. QN2015075).

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    Xiao Liu, Huiyuan Zhong, Yong Yang, Linan Yuan & Shibo Liu

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Liu, X., Zhong, H., Yang, Y. et al. Phosphorus removal from wastewater by waste concrete: influence of P concentration and temperature on the product. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 10766–10777 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07577-7

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