title: Phosphate elimination and recovery from wastewater by active filtration using crushed gas concrete.
abstract: Laboratory long-term upstream fixed-bed experiments were carried out to investigate the efficiency of phosphorus elimination with the effluent of a biological sewage treatment plant using crushed gas concrete. The development of the pH-value in the column outflow as well as the reaction kinetics was investigated. Furthermore, the phosphorus yield was balanced for phosphorus recovery and the calcium phosphate compounds generated were specified by mineralogical analysis methods. These activities were followed by a study with respect to the suitability of the material as raw material for the phosphate industry.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Technical Chemistry, Water Technology and Geotechnology Division (ITC-WGT), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Donnert
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Weidler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ehbrecht
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kusche
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bumiller
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nüesch
mesh_terms: D003252:Construction Materials; D005374:Filtration; D010710:Phosphates / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012722:Sewage; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D012722:Sewage