Transformation of phosphorus by MgCl2 and CaCl2 during sewage sludge incineration

Xu, Yunfeng; Chen, Jingyan; Yang, Fei; Fang, Yangfan; Qian, Guangren

Transformation of phosphorus by MgCl2 and CaCl2 during sewage sludge incineration

2021

Xu, Yunfeng | Chen, Jingyan | Yang, Fei | Fang, Yangfan | Qian, Guangren

Phosphorus (P) recovery from sewage sludge (SS) have been regarded as an effective method of P recycling. The effects of incineration temperature, incineration time, and chlorine additives on the distribution of P speciation during sludge incineration were studied. Moreover, the reactions between model compounds AlPO₄ and additives (MgCl₂ and CaCl₂) were investigated by thermogravimetric differential thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction measurements. The results demonstrated that the increase in temperature and time stimulated the volatilization of non-apatite inorganic phosphorus (NAIP) instead of apatite phosphorus (AP). MgCl₂ and CaCl₂ can greatly promote the conversion of NAIP to AP. Additionally, AlPO₄ reacted with MgCl₂ are incinerated at 500–600 °C to form Mg₃(PO₄)₂, which is mainly due to the reaction of the intermediate product MgO and AlPO₄. Reactions between AlPO₄ and CaCl₂ occurred at 700–750 °C and produced Ca₂PO₄Cl, which can be directly used with high bioavailability. These findings suggested that chlorine additives in the SS incineration process can obtain phosphorus-containing minerals with higher bioavailability to realize the resource utilization of P in sludge.

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