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Phosphorus Recovery and Recycling pp 303–326Cite as

Effect of Iron on Phosphate Recovery from Sewage Sludge

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Iron is omnipresent in sewage treatment systems. It can unintentionally be present because of, e.g., groundwater seepage into sewers, or it is intentionally added for odor and corrosion control, phosphate removal, or prevention of hydrogen sulfide emissions. The strong affinity of iron for phosphate has advantages for efficient removal of phosphate from sewage, but it is also often considered a disadvantage for phosphate recovery. For instance, the strong affinity between iron and phosphate may reduce recovery efficiencies via struvite precipitation or for some phosphate recovery methods from ash. On the other hand, iron may also have positive effects on phosphate recovery. Acid consumption was reported to be lower when leaching phosphate from sewage sludge ash with higher iron content. Also, phosphate recovery efficiencies may be higher if a Fe-P compound like vivianite (Fe3(PO4)2 8H2O) could be harvested from sewage sludge. Developers of phosphate recovery technologies should be aware of the potential and obstacles the iron and phosphate chemistry bears.

Keywords

  • Vivianite
  • Iron
  • Chemical phosphate removal
  • Struvite recovery
  • Sewage sludge

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Acknowledgments

This work was performed in the TTIW-cooperation framework of Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology (www.wetsus.nl). Wetsus is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, the European Union Regional Development Fund, the Province of Fryslân, the City of Leeuwarden, and the EZ/Kompas program of the “Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland.” We thank the participants of the research theme “Phosphate Recovery” for their financial support and helpful discussions. Furthermore, we acknowledge the valuable support from Anna Jeworrek for her contribution to the section on the alkaline treatment of sewage sludge.

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Korving, L., Van Loosdrecht, M., Wilfert, P. (2019). Effect of Iron on Phosphate Recovery from Sewage Sludge. In: Ohtake, H., Tsuneda, S. (eds) Phosphorus Recovery and Recycling . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8031-9_21

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