Kirchmann, Holger
- Department of Soil Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
The potential of increasing the pH of wastewater to high levels by CO2 stripping through air, N-2, O-2 and a gas mixture (95% N-2 + 5% CO2) has been examined in this work. Wastewater collected after the biological treatment from a large-scale plant was monitored for pH in a continuous, computer controlled laboratory setup. The use of air as the gaseous medium for CO2 stripping increased the pH to a maximum value of approximately 8.53. Using pure N-2 instead of air increased the pH of wastewater to a final value of 10.3 after 24 h at a flow rate of 1.5 L min(-1). An experimental system dismantling air from its CO2 content by precipitation as CaCO3 in a super-saturated lime solution ( in a closed circulation operation), increased the pH of wastewater to a final value of 9.4 after 24 h at a flow rate of 0.7 L min(-1). Applying the same closed circulation operation to an artificial carbonate solution instead of wastewater resulted in final pH values of 9.8 after 24 h using a flow rate of 0.7 L min(-1). The results suggest that a closed circulation operation with CO2-freed air has the potential to increase the pH of wastewater to high levels. The process may be applied for phosphorus precipitation from domestic wastewater not requiring chemicals for a pH increase
Published in
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
2004, volume: 159, number: 1-4, pages: 265-275
Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:WATE.0000049185.69759.b0
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/5299