Civil Engineering Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.
Civil Engineering Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.
Bioresour Technol. 2021 Jul;332:125128. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125128. Epub 2021 Apr 7.
Previous reports have documented the technical viability of an algal pathway for treating primary effluent and recovering its phosphorus-content (P) via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of the resulting biomass. In this pathway, leaching P from HTL-derived biochar was found as the critical step impacting the economics of P-recovery. As such, a process model was developed in the current study to optimize P leaching from biochar as a function of five parameters. Model predictions under various conditions agreed well with measured data (r = 0.93; n = 184). The validated process model was then integrated with a cost model to establish the following conditions as optimal for leaching P from biochar: batch leaching time of 72 h; eluent NaOH concentration of 0.5 M; eluent-to-biochar ratio of 20; temperature of 60 °C; and provision of mixing. Under these conditions, 73.5% of P from biochar could be recovered at $5.98/kg P.
先前的报告已经证明了通过水热液化(HTL)处理原废水并回收其磷含量(P)的藻类途径在技术上是可行的。在这种途径中,从 HTL 衍生的生物炭中浸出 P 被发现是影响磷回收经济性的关键步骤。因此,本研究中开发了一个过程模型,以优化生物炭中 P 的浸出作为五个参数的函数。在各种条件下,模型预测与实测数据吻合良好(r = 0.93;n = 184)。经过验证的过程模型随后与成本模型集成,以确定从生物炭中浸出 P 的最佳条件为:间歇浸出时间为 72 小时;洗脱液 NaOH 浓度为 0.5 M;洗脱液与生物炭的比例为 20;温度为 60°C;并提供搅拌。在这些条件下,生物炭中 73.5%的 P 可以以 5.98 美元/千克 P 的价格回收。