Abstract
The feasibility of phosphate removal from the supernatant of anaerobically digested sludge by struvite (MAP, MgNH 4PO 4) crystallization in a fluidized-bed reactor (FBR) was studied. Quartz sand was used as seed material. Three successive steps were investigated to highlight the process: 1, natural aging of the supernatant, with phosphate concentrations in the range 18–164 mg/l, which gave good crystallization of struvite within 3 days; 2, the inhibiting effect of Mg and bicarbonate ions on hydroxyapatite (HAP, Ca 5OH(PO 4) 3) formation, which leads to struvite formation under supersaturation conditions; and 3, phosphate removal via the process of complete crystallization on the seed material, and which is obtained by means of external continuous aeration. All runs were performed without the addition of chemicals.
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