Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-product

Struvite precipitation is a well-known technology to recover and upcycle phosphorus from municipal wastewater as a slow-release fertiliser. However, the economic and environmental costs of struvite precipitation are constrained by using technical-grade reagents as a magnesium source. This research e...

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Autores: Aguilar-Pozo, V.B. (V. B.)|||/items/c081e18e-1e0a-45d8-8a3b-6905130dc8ca, Chimenos, J.M. (J. M.)|||/items/709ec45f-a403-4b40-a64a-a0608b7560eb, Elduayen-Echave, B. (Beñat)|||/items/a656a24e-186d-4af3-9cab-b456995d446e, Olaciregui-Arizmendi, K. (Kepa)|||/items/1281d052-11b0-4a01-be02-7627e111d41b, López-Martin, A. (Andrea)|||/items/197c460c-ecd7-4096-ba44-6a81c7103f38, Gómez, J. (J.)|||/items/9702e80e-d5e4-49f0-9b58-67e3b36ac4a1, Guembe, M. (M.)|||/items/efd7434c-56df-4458-bb9e-1e6cb7b5851e, García-Zubiri, I.X. (Íñigo Xabier)|||/items/021cdf57-e4f2-4904-8453-abe43c0f5a28, Ayesa-Iturrate, E. (Eduardo)|||/items/bb079310-65ee-46bf-a4dd-1e279afdddba, Astals-García, S.(Sergi)|||/items/b2baa261-5804-4471-9f53-39d1ea2d2d0b
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Magnesium ammonium phosphate
Circular economy
Phosphorus recovery
Wastewater treatment
Low-grade MgO
Magnesium by-product
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spelling Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-productAguilar-Pozo, V.B. (V. B.)|||/items/c081e18e-1e0a-45d8-8a3b-6905130dc8caChimenos, J.M. (J. M.)|||/items/709ec45f-a403-4b40-a64a-a0608b7560ebElduayen-Echave, B. (Beñat)|||/items/a656a24e-186d-4af3-9cab-b456995d446eOlaciregui-Arizmendi, K. (Kepa)|||/items/1281d052-11b0-4a01-be02-7627e111d41bLópez-Martin, A. (Andrea)|||/items/197c460c-ecd7-4096-ba44-6a81c7103f38Gómez, J. (J.)|||/items/9702e80e-d5e4-49f0-9b58-67e3b36ac4a1Guembe, M. (M.)|||/items/efd7434c-56df-4458-bb9e-1e6cb7b5851eGarcía-Zubiri, I.X. (Íñigo Xabier)|||/items/021cdf57-e4f2-4904-8453-abe43c0f5a28Ayesa-Iturrate, E. (Eduardo)|||/items/bb079310-65ee-46bf-a4dd-1e279afdddbaAstals-García, S.(Sergi)|||/items/b2baa261-5804-4471-9f53-39d1ea2d2d0bMagnesium ammonium phosphateCircular economyPhosphorus recoveryWastewater treatmentLow-grade MgOMagnesium by-productStruvite precipitation is a well-known technology to recover and upcycle phosphorus from municipal wastewater as a slow-release fertiliser. However, the economic and environmental costs of struvite precipitation are constrained by using technical-grade reagents as a magnesium source. This research evaluates the feasibility of using a low-grade magnesium oxide (LG-MgO) by-product from the calcination of magnesite as a magnesium source to precipitate struvite from anaerobic digestion supernatants in wastewater treatment plants. Three distinct LG-MgOs were used in this research to capture the inherent variability of this by-product. The MgO content of the LG-MgOs varied from 42 % to 56 %, which governed the reactivity of the by-product. Experimental results showed that dosing LG-MgO at P:Mg molar ratio close to stoichiometry (i.e. 1:1 and 1:2) favoured struvite precipitation, whereas higher molar ratios (i.e. 1:4, 1:6 and 1:8) favoured calcium phosphate precipitation due to the higher calcium concentration and pH. At a P: Mg molar ratio of 1:1 and 1:2, the percentage of phosphate precipitated was 53-72 % and 89-97 %, respectively, depending on the LG-MgO reactivity. A final experiment was performed to examine the composition and morphology of the precipitate obtained under the most favourable conditions, which showed that (i) struvite was the mineral phase with the highest peaks intensity and (ii) struvite was present in two different shapes: hopper and polyhedral. Overall,Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra20232023-10-0320232023-01-0120232023-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10171/67561reponame:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarrainstname:Universidad de NavarraInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/675612026-06-21T12:47:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-product
title Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-product
spellingShingle Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-product
Aguilar-Pozo, V.B. (V. B.)|||/items/c081e18e-1e0a-45d8-8a3b-6905130dc8ca
Magnesium ammonium phosphate
Circular economy
Phosphorus recovery
Wastewater treatment
Low-grade MgO
Magnesium by-product
title_short Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-product
title_full Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-product
title_fullStr Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-product
title_full_unstemmed Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-product
title_sort Struvite precipitation in wastewater treatment plants anaerobic digestion supernatants using a magnesium oxide by-product
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aguilar-Pozo, V.B. (V. B.)|||/items/c081e18e-1e0a-45d8-8a3b-6905130dc8ca
Chimenos, J.M. (J. M.)|||/items/709ec45f-a403-4b40-a64a-a0608b7560eb
Elduayen-Echave, B. (Beñat)|||/items/a656a24e-186d-4af3-9cab-b456995d446e
Olaciregui-Arizmendi, K. (Kepa)|||/items/1281d052-11b0-4a01-be02-7627e111d41b
López-Martin, A. (Andrea)|||/items/197c460c-ecd7-4096-ba44-6a81c7103f38
Gómez, J. (J.)|||/items/9702e80e-d5e4-49f0-9b58-67e3b36ac4a1
Guembe, M. (M.)|||/items/efd7434c-56df-4458-bb9e-1e6cb7b5851e
García-Zubiri, I.X. (Íñigo Xabier)|||/items/021cdf57-e4f2-4904-8453-abe43c0f5a28
Ayesa-Iturrate, E. (Eduardo)|||/items/bb079310-65ee-46bf-a4dd-1e279afdddba
Astals-García, S.(Sergi)|||/items/b2baa261-5804-4471-9f53-39d1ea2d2d0b
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Chimenos, J.M. (J. M.)|||/items/709ec45f-a403-4b40-a64a-a0608b7560eb
Elduayen-Echave, B. (Beñat)|||/items/a656a24e-186d-4af3-9cab-b456995d446e
Olaciregui-Arizmendi, K. (Kepa)|||/items/1281d052-11b0-4a01-be02-7627e111d41b
López-Martin, A. (Andrea)|||/items/197c460c-ecd7-4096-ba44-6a81c7103f38
Gómez, J. (J.)|||/items/9702e80e-d5e4-49f0-9b58-67e3b36ac4a1
Guembe, M. (M.)|||/items/efd7434c-56df-4458-bb9e-1e6cb7b5851e
García-Zubiri, I.X. (Íñigo Xabier)|||/items/021cdf57-e4f2-4904-8453-abe43c0f5a28
Ayesa-Iturrate, E. (Eduardo)|||/items/bb079310-65ee-46bf-a4dd-1e279afdddba
Astals-García, S.(Sergi)|||/items/b2baa261-5804-4471-9f53-39d1ea2d2d0b
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Olaciregui-Arizmendi, K. (Kepa)|||/items/1281d052-11b0-4a01-be02-7627e111d41b
López-Martin, A. (Andrea)|||/items/197c460c-ecd7-4096-ba44-6a81c7103f38
Gómez, J. (J.)|||/items/9702e80e-d5e4-49f0-9b58-67e3b36ac4a1
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Ayesa-Iturrate, E. (Eduardo)|||/items/bb079310-65ee-46bf-a4dd-1e279afdddba
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Magnesium ammonium phosphate
Circular economy
Phosphorus recovery
Wastewater treatment
Low-grade MgO
Magnesium by-product
topic Magnesium ammonium phosphate
Circular economy
Phosphorus recovery
Wastewater treatment
Low-grade MgO
Magnesium by-product
description Struvite precipitation is a well-known technology to recover and upcycle phosphorus from municipal wastewater as a slow-release fertiliser. However, the economic and environmental costs of struvite precipitation are constrained by using technical-grade reagents as a magnesium source. This research evaluates the feasibility of using a low-grade magnesium oxide (LG-MgO) by-product from the calcination of magnesite as a magnesium source to precipitate struvite from anaerobic digestion supernatants in wastewater treatment plants. Three distinct LG-MgOs were used in this research to capture the inherent variability of this by-product. The MgO content of the LG-MgOs varied from 42 % to 56 %, which governed the reactivity of the by-product. Experimental results showed that dosing LG-MgO at P:Mg molar ratio close to stoichiometry (i.e. 1:1 and 1:2) favoured struvite precipitation, whereas higher molar ratios (i.e. 1:4, 1:6 and 1:8) favoured calcium phosphate precipitation due to the higher calcium concentration and pH. At a P: Mg molar ratio of 1:1 and 1:2, the percentage of phosphate precipitated was 53-72 % and 89-97 %, respectively, depending on the LG-MgO reactivity. A final experiment was performed to examine the composition and morphology of the precipitate obtained under the most favourable conditions, which showed that (i) struvite was the mineral phase with the highest peaks intensity and (ii) struvite was present in two different shapes: hopper and polyhedral. Overall,
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