• 상하수도학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2019

Phosphorus is a vital resource for sustaining agriculture and nutrition, but a limited non-renewable resource. Thus, the recovery of phosphorus from waste activated sludge(WAS) was attempted by microwave heating and magnesium ammonium phosphorus(MAP) crystallization. Polyphosphate-accumulating organisms(PAOs) in WAS release phosphate from the cell when they are exposed to high temperature environments. Microwave heating caused phosphorus and ammonia to release from WAS. The amount was increased with increasing temperature, showing that 88.5% of polyphosphate present in the cells were released in the form of phosphate at $80^{\circ}C$. A similar result was also observed in the release of ammonia. On the other hand, both phosphorus and ammonia were crystallized with magnesium, and then was harvested as MAP. Phosphorus recovery rate reached almost 97.8%, but the ammonia was about 13.4%. These results cleary indicate that phosphorus could be recovered from WAS using a physiological trait of PAOs. Heavy metal analyses also show that the MAP crystal is useful and safe as a phosphorus fertilizer.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2005

A phosphate recovery system from artificial wastewater was developed using a completely mixed phosphorus crystallization reactor, in which powdered converter slag was used as a seeding crystal. In preliminary test, the optimal pH range for meta-stable hydroxyapatite crystallization for high phosphorus concentration was observed to be 6.0 to 7.0, which was different from the conventionally known pH range (8.0~9.5) for effective crystallization in relatively low phosphorus concentration less than 5 mg/L. The average phosphorus removal efficiency in a lab-scaled completely mixed crystallization system for artificial wastewater with about 100 mg/L of average $PO_4-P$ concentration was shown to be 60.9% for 40 days of lapsed time. XRD analysis exhibited that crystalline of hydroxyapatite formed on the surface of seed crystal, which was also observed in SEM analysis. In EDS mapping analysis, composition mole ratio (=Ca/P) of the crystalline was found to be 1.78, indicating the crystalline on the surface of seed crystal is likely to be hydroxyapatite. Particle size distribution analysis showed that average size of seed crystal increased from $28{\mu}m$ up to $50{\mu}m$, suggesting that phosphorus recycling from wastewater with high phosphorus concentration can be successfully obtained by using the phosphorus crystallization recovery system.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2022

혐기성 소화 슬러지 탈리여액을 대상으로 마그네슘 공급원이 인산암모늄마그네슘(MAP) 결정화에 의한 인산염 회수에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위해 회분식 실험을 실시하였다. 마그네슘 공급원으로 염화마그네슘, 수산화마그네슘 그리고 산화마그네슘을 사용하여 다양한 pH (7.5, 8.0 및 8.5) 조건 및 Mg/P 몰 비율(1.0, 1.5, 2.0 및 2.5)에서 인산염 회수를 실시하였다. 그 결과, 마그네슘 공급원과 관계없이 pH 조건과 Mg/P 몰 비율이 높을수록 인산염 회수율이 증가하였다. pH가 가장 낮은 7.5의 조건에서는 Mg/P 몰 비율이 증가할수록 인산염 회수율이 증가하였는데 산화마그네슘, 수산화마그네슘, 염화마그네슘의 순으로 높았다. 그러나 pH가 가장 높은 8.5의 조건에서는 Mg/P 몰 비율과 관계없이 모든 마그네슘 공급원에서 90% 이상의 높은 인 회수율을 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서 낮은 pH 조건에서도 높은 인산염 회수율을 얻을 수 있었던 수산화마그네슘과 산화마그네슘이 경제적인 측면뿐만 아니라 효율적인 측면에서도 염화마그네슘을 대체할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.5-17
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• 2021

본 연구는 하수슬러지 소각재에 비교적 높은 함량으로 존재하는 인을 회수하기 위한 국내외 사례를 조사한 문헌연구로서 습식방법 및 열화학적 방법에 의한 인의 회수 및 중금속 제거와 관련한 실험조건과 영향인자 등을 논의하였다. 하수슬러지 소각재의 인 회수 기술 상용화를 위해서는 인 회수과정에서 발생되는 폐수, 잔재물의 처분, 첨가 약품과 에너지 소모의 최소화 등 전체 시스템의 경제성 측면에서 소각시설과 연계한 집적처리공정이 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2006

This study was carried out to recover phosphorus in animal wastewater using a magnesium source. $MgCl_2$, as a magnesium source, was shown a SP (soluble phosphorus) recovery rate of 98% in both the aeration and the NaOH tests to adjust pH around 8.5. In case of MgO, the recovery rate of SP were 88% with the aeration and 58% with the NaOH. In case of ammonia nitrogen recovery, $MgCl_2$ was shown the recovery rate of 17% with aeration and 18% with NaOH. MgO was shown the ammonia recovery rate of 18% with aeration and 11% with NaOH. At low temperature of $6-8^{\circ}C$ with the animal wastewater from piglet stall, the recovery rate of SP was shown 95% with NaOH and 92% with aeration using $MgCl_2$. The recovery rate of ammonia nitrogen was shown 9% with NaOH and 12% with aeration, respectively. It was observed that the pH can be raised by aeration. The reaction was completed within 5 minutes and the struvite cristal structure was formed and could be observed with an electronic microscope.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2020

하수슬러지 소각재에서 인(P)을 회수하기 위해 소각재를 황산 용액으로 추출한 후, 알칼리 물질로 pH를 높이면서 회수되는 인(P)과 불순물인 중금속 함량을 비교하여 최적의 인(P) 회수 조건을 실험하였으며, 이때 산추출액을 재사용하거나, 소각재를 입자크기 별로 구분하였을 때 인(P) 회수효율을 비교하였다. 하수슬러지 소각재로부터 인(P)을 회수하기 위한 조건은 1N 황산 용액으로 L/S비 10, 추출시간 30분으로 하는 것이 최적이었다. 인(P)을 회수하기 위한 적정 pH는 알칼리 물질 첨가량, 회수되는 침전물 내의 중금속 함량 등을 고려하였을 때 pH 5 이전에 생성되는 침전물에서 인(P)을 회수하는 것이 유리한 것으로 판단된다. 소각재 추출액의 재사용율(100, 50%)에 따라 인(P)의 회수율을 각각 14, 21% 증가시켰으나, Zn 함량이 각각 33, 21%, Cu의 함량이 각각 35, 20% 증가되었다. 하수슬러지 소각재를 입자크기별로 4개 구간으로 나누어 실험한 결과 특정 크기 구간의 소각재 만을 인(P) 추출하는데 따른 장점은 없었다. EDTA와 양이온 교환수지 등을 통한 추출액 중의 중금속 제거 효과는 크지 않았다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.131-143
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• 2018

Phosphorus (P) is a limited, essential, and irreplaceable nutrient for the biological activity of all the living organisms. Sewage sludge ash (SSA) is one of the most important secondary P resources due to its high P content. The SSA has been intensively investigated to recover P by wet chemicals (acid or alkali). Even though $H_2SO_4$ was mainly used to extract P because of its low cost and accessibility, the formation of $CaSO_4$ (gypsum) hinders its use. Heavy metals in the SSA also cause a significant problem in P recovery since fertilizer needs to meet government standards for human health. Therefore, P recovery process with selective heavy metal removal needs to be developed. In this paper some of the most advanced P recovery processes have been introduced and discussed their technical characteristics. The results showed that further research is needed to identify the chemical mechanisms of P transformation in the recovery process and to increase P recovery efficiency and the yields.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.387-391
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• 2015

This study was performed to evaluate the effect of pH (8-12) and molar ratio of magnesium and phosphate ($[Mg^{2+}]/[PO_4{^{3-}}]$) (0.6-1.4) on struvite crystallization of anaerobic digester supernatant using seawater as magnesium source. pH range of 9-10 is favorable for ammonium and phosphate recoveries. The recovery efficiency of ammonium was highest at $[Mg^{2+}]/[PO_4{^{3-}}]$ of 1.0 and pH 10. On the other hand, high phosphate recovery efficiency (> 99%) was achieved at ($[Mg^{2+}]/[PO_4{^{3-}}]$) of 1.4 and pH 10. The results demonstrated that seawater can be considered as low-cost magnesium source to recover phosphorus from anaerobic digester supernatant.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.571-577
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• 2016

Phosphorus is an essential and irreplaceable element for all living organisms and its resource is limited. Significant amount of used phosphorus is collected in sewage treatment plant as sludge. Sludge ash after incineration contains about 10% of phosphorus in dry mass basis, which is comparable to phosphate rocks, and it is an important source of phosphorus recovery. Acid and alkali were used to leach phosphorus from sludge ash and compared for their leaching kinetics and performance. Phosphorus leaching by NaOH was fast and 0.2 N and 2 N NaOH leached 49% and 56% of the total phosphorus in the sludge ash at the L/S ratio of 100. Phosphorus leaching by sulphuric acid and hydrochloric were very fast and most of the phosphorus was leached in 5 minutes. In case of sulphuric acid 95% of the total phosphorus in the sludge ash was leached by 0.2 N at the L/S ratio of 100 and 93% was leached by 1 N at the L/S ratio of 10. 1 N hydrochloric acid leached 99% of the total phosphorus at the L/S ratio of 10. The results showed acids were more effective than alkali for phosphorus leaching from sludge ash and hydrochloric acid leached more phosphorus than sulphuric acid.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제68권
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• pp.267-273
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• 2018

Hydrothermal liquefaction of Chlorella vulgaris feedstock containing 80% (w/w) water was conducted in a batch reactor as a function of temperature (300, 325 and $350^{\circ}C$) and reaction times (5, 10 and 30 min). The biocrude yield, elemental composition and higher heating value obtained for various reaction conditions helped to predict the optimum conditions for maximizing energy recovery. To optimize the recovery of inorganic nutrients, we further investigated the effect of reaction conditions on the ammonium ($NH_4{^+}$), phosphate ($PO_4{^{3-}}$), nitrate ($NO_3{^-}$) and nitrite ($NO_2{^-}$) concentrations in the aqueous phase. A maximum energy recovery of 78% was obtained at $350^{\circ}C$ and 5 min, with a high energy density of 34.3 MJ/kg and lower contents of oxygen. For the recovery of inorganic nutrients, shorter reaction times achieved higher phosphorus recovery, with maximum recovery being 53% at $350^{\circ}C$ and 5 min. Our results indicate that the reaction condition of $350^{\circ}C$ for 5 min was optimal for maximizing energy recovery with improved quality, at the same time achieving a high phosphorus recovery.