Title |
Anodic Reactivity of Ferrous Sulfide Precipitates Changing over Time due to Particulate Speciation
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Published in |
Environmental Science & Technology, October 2013
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DOI | 10.1021/es402967e |
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Authors |
Elena Mejia Likosova, Richard N. Collins, Jurg Keller, Stefano Freguia |
Abstract |
The disposal of ferric phosphate (FePO4) sludge, routinely generated in wastewater and drinking water treatment, has a major impact on the overall treatment cost. Iron sulfide (FeSx) precipitation via sulfide addition to ferric phosphate (FePO4) sludge has been proven to be an effective method for phosphate recovery. Electrochemical oxidation of FeSx can then be utilized to recover ferric iron for reuse back in the phosphate removal process. In this study, the reactivity of FeSx particles for anodic oxidation at pH 4 was studied as a function of time after FeSx precipitate generation at a S/Fe molar ratio of 1.75. Cyclic voltammetry showed high reactivity for fresh FeSx particles, but the reactivity diminished significantly over a period of 1 month. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) revealed that this reduced reactivity with time is a consequence of the transformation of the FeSx particles in suspension from mackinawite (FeS) to pyrite (FeS2). |
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