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Migration and transformation of phosphorus in waste activated sludge during ozonation

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For phosphorus (P) recovery from waste activated sludge (WAS), the most important step is to release P into the solution. This study aimed to explore the migration and transformation of P in WAS during ozonation based on the Standards Measurements and Testing Program analysis. The results showed that WAS contained 7.10% P element and could be selected as potential substitution of phosphate rock. Inorganic phosphorus (IP) was the major P fraction in raw WAS (68.10%), and non-apatite inorganic phosphorus (NAIP) occupied 62.40% of IP. Ozonation facilitated the P application in agriculture as the bio-available P in the solid phase increased by 23.63% at ozone dosage 0.20 gO3/gSS. The highest concentration of total phosphorus in liquid (TP(L)) (40.68 mg/L) was achieved at ozone dosage 0.20 gO3/gSS, and 89.62% of TP(L) was PO43−-P, which was easy to be recovered by struvite precipitation. The contributions of different P fractions in solid phase to TP(L) were related to ozone dosage. The analysis of P mass balance suggested that the optimum ozone dosage for P recovery was 0.15 O3/gSS.

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This research was supported by Hebei Science and Technology Project (No. 17273612, 201240163A).

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    Lingxiao Wang

  2. Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China

    Lingxiao Wang, Zaixing Li, Jun Ma, Xiaoshuai Liu & Yanfang Liu

  3. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China

    Zaixing Li, Jun Ma, Xiaoshuai Liu & Yanfang Liu

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Wang, L., Li, Z., Ma, J. et al. Migration and transformation of phosphorus in waste activated sludge during ozonation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 30315–30322 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08972-1

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