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Removal of phosphorus from phosphonate-loaded industrial wastewaters via precipitation/flocculation

, , and . Journal of water process engineering, (2017)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2017.04.008

Abstract

Phosphonates are to be removed from industrial wastewater before they reach municipal wastewater treatment plants or surface waters. Industrial wastewaters contaminated with the phosphonates 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid (PBTC), 1-hydroxyethylidene-(1,1-diphosphonic acid) (HEDP), nitrilotrimethylphosphonic acid (NTMP), ethylenediamine tetra(methylene phosphonic acid) (EDTMP) and diethylenetriamine penta(methylene phosphonic acid) (DTPMP) can be subdivided into: (1) mostly clear concentrates with a high water hardness, and (2) organically polluted wastewaters, for instance from the paper and textile industries. Our own flocculation experiments with FeIII and AlIII salts showed that, at a pH of 7.5, the adsorption affinity of polyphosphonates onto iron hydroxides and aluminum hydroxides significantly decreases with an increasing number of C-P bonds (HEDP > NTMP > EDTMP > DTPMP). In comparison to pure water spiked with phosphonates, the total P removal from concentrates occurred at similar and even lower flocculant dosage concentrations (ß = 4-8) (ß is the molar ratio of dosed metal concentration to total P concentration in the raw sample). In organically polluted industrial wastewaters, the formation of flocks, and therefore the total P decrease, only occurred after exceeding a certain flocculant concentration, which varied strongly depending on the wastewater type (ß = 0.6-86). Below that concentration, the flocculant underwent complexation, and no elimination could be observed. For most of the wastewaters, the required ß values for at least 80% total P decrease were very similar for both FeIII and AlIII. Furthermore, Ca(OH)2 as flocculant turned out to be an effective tool for total P removal and simultaneous softening of calcareous concentrates.

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