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Effect of Struvite Crystallization Kinetics; Seed Material, Seed Particle Size, $G{\cdot}t_d$ Value  

Kim, Jin-Hyoung (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Keum-Yong (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Dae-Keun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Park, Hyoung-Soon (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Lee, Sang-Cheol (Department of Water Supply Development, Korea Water Resources Corporation)
Lee, Sang-Ill (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
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Abstract
This study focused on shorten the period of the struvite crystal birth and development by adding seed materials. For this purpose, three different seed materials were selected: sand, anthracite and struvite. The experiments has been conducted to evaluate the effect of the particle size of the selected seed material on the struvite crystallization, and to study the mixing effect which can be expressed by the value of $G{\cdot}t_d$(the multiple of mean velocity gradient(G) and mixing time($t_d$)). It was observed in this study that the removal efficiency of ammonia nitrogen increased by 9%, 11%, and 20% for sand, anthracite, and struvite added as the seed material, respectivley. This indicated that the struvite crystallization efficiency had a close correlation with the specific surface area of the seed particle. It was found that when struvite was selected as the seed material, the struvite crystallization proceeded at lower $G{\cdot}t_d$ value as compared with other seed materials. This observation implied that the secondary crystal birth would be dominated in this reaction. It was concluded in this study that the particle size was not significant factor on the struvite crystallization, while the $G{\cdot}t_d$ value was a considerably important factor in terms of the theory of the struvite crystal birth.
Keywords
Struvite Crystallization; Kinetics; Mixing Intensity; Seed Crystal; Ammonia & Phosphorus Removal;
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