Abstract
Magnesium potassium phosphate hexahydrate (MgKPO4·6H2O, MPP) crystallization is a promising approach to recover phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). Achievement of large MPP crystal size is still critical for the MPP products utilization. We performed a pilot-scale fluidized bed reactor (FBR) with treatment of synthetic source-separated urine to capture the MPP crystallization. Using the optimized FBR operational parameters, as pH of 10.5, Mg:P molar ratio of 1:1, supersaturation ratio of 3.0, and superficial velocity of 350 cm/min, pellets of high purity (86 ± 2%) with a maximum size of 4 mm were achieved. The removal efficiencies of K and P reached 20–35% and 80–90%, respectively. Furthermore, we proposed a kinetic model to describe the pellet growth. The pellet growth rate was determined as G = 5.046 × 10–9SV0.88S1.96. The model combined with mass balance approach could predict P and K removal efficiencies of the FBR well.
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