title: Partitionable-space enhanced coagulation (PEC) reactor and its working mechanism: a new prospective chemical technology for phosphorus pollution control.
abstract: Phosphorus pollution control and phosphorus recycling, simultaneously, are focus of attention in the wastewater treatment. In this work, a novel reactor named partitionable-space enhanced coagulation (PEC) was invented for phosphorus control. The working performance and process mechanism of PEC reactor were investigated. The results showed that the PEC technology was highly efficient and cost-effective. The volumetric removal rate (VRR) reached up to 2.86 ± 0.04 kg P/(m(3) d) with a phosphorus removal rate of over 97%. The precipitant consumption was reduced to 2.60-2.76 kg Fe(II)/kg P with low operational cost of $ 0.632-0.673/kg P. The peak phosphorus content in precipitate was up to 30.44% by P2O5, which reveal the benefit of the recycling phosphorus resource. The excellent performance of PEC technology was mainly attributed to the partitionable-space and 'flocculation filter'. The partition limited the trans-regional back-mixing of reagents along the reactor, which promoted the precipitation reaction. The 'flocculation filter' retained the microflocs, enhancing the flocculation process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. Electronic address: pzheng@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ghulam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D005427:Flocculation; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D010758:Phosphorus; D007501:Iron
keywords: Ferrous salt; Partitionable-space enhanced coagulation (PEC) reactor; Phosphorus removal; Process mechanism; Working performance