TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Herzel, Hannes ED - Lederer, J. ED - Laner, D. ED - Rechberger, H. ED - Fellner, J. T1 - Phosphorus flows in German sewage sludge ashes and potential recovery technologies N2 - Phosphorus (P) is essential for all forms of life and cannot be substituted. It is one of the macro nutrients applied in form of mineral or organic fertilizers in agricultural crop production. Mineral P fertilizers are generally based on phosphate rock, a limited resource. Western Europe completely depends on imports as it has no own relevant phosphate mines. The most abundant phosphate deposits are located only in a few countries such as Morocco, China, South Africa and the United States of America. Furthermore, phosphate rock and as a consequence mineral P fertilizers are often contaminated with the toxic elements cadmium and uranium. In Order to substitute phosphate rock P-bearing waste streams are investigated for their potential to be recyded as fertilizers. Wastewater is one of the important P-bearing waste streams that were in the focus of research in the last 10 years. German wastewater is e.g. a carrier of approx. 70,000 t of phosphorus per year. T2 - International workshop on technospheric mining - Mining the technosphere - drivers and barriers, challenges and opportunities CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 01.10.2015 KW - Phosphorus recovery KW - Sewage sludge ash PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-85234-132-3 SP - 77 EP - 80 AN - OPUS4-34542 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Eicher, N. A1 - Hermann, L. A1 - Herzel, Hannes A1 - Mallon, J. A1 - Schaaf, M. A1 - Stemann, J. T1 - Comparative review of ash processes N2 - This report gives technological information about processes for the recovery of phosphorus from sewage sludge ash including mass- and energy balance, process conditions and product quality. The information in this report aim at giving an overview on different concepts for the recovery of phosphorus from sewage sludge ash and are intended to allow a general qualitative comparison between the different technical approaches. This report also describes the technological backgrounds of the processes that were furthermore investigated by life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost (LCC) analysis. However, most process data stated in this report are site specific data. The LCA/LCC study includes the definition of a common base line for all processes, detailed process modeling and plausibility assessments. Results of the LCA/LCC-studies are reported in deliverables D9.2 und D10.1. PY - 2015 UR - http://p-rex.eu/uploads/media/P-REX_D4_1_Comparative_review_of_ash_processes.pdf SP - 1 EP - 30 AN - OPUS4-34858 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Wragge, V. A1 - Kabbe, C. T1 - Phosphorus Fertilizers from Waste Streams T2 - Phosphorus in agriculture: Where are we going? CY - Zurich, Switzerland DA - 2015-01-15 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-32474 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Use of secondary phosphates to reduce soil pollution N2 - Phosphorous is essential for all living creatures and indispensable in its functions regarding bone structure, energy metabolism, and storage and expression of genetic information. It is removed from the soils through farming and husbandry and has to be replaced. Annually, more than 17 million tons of phosphorous are applied to soils in the form of mineral fertilizer worldwide (Killiches, 2013). In Germany, this accounts for 150,000 t/a. This fertilizer is produced from rock phosphate, which is often contaminated with heavy metals (Dissanayake et al., 2009), especially cadmium and uranium. Cd concentrations are around 30 mg/kg, U around 100 mg/kg, with even higher peak values. Since rock phosphate is treated with acids to make the phosphorous bioavailable, those heavy metals were also mobilized. When the fertilizer is applied to the farmland, the contaminants can pollute the soil and pose an environmental risk. Sewage sludge is another phosphorous source for farming. In Germany, 15,000 t/a phosphorous are applied to farmlands this way. However, there is a growing concern of possible environmental hazards since sewage sludge contains not only inorganic contaminants but also organic pollutants, especially pharmaceuticals and personal care products (Guardia et al., 2004). T2 - 4th International conference on environmental pollution and remediation CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 11.08.2014 PY - 2014 SP - Paper 136-1 EP - 136-2 AN - OPUS4-33432 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Herzel, Hannes A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Phosphorus fertilizer from sewage sludge ashes by thermochemical treatment - Benefits and challenges N2 - Mineral phosphorus (P) fertilizers are solely produced from phosphate rock. Europe completely depends on imports since there are no relevant phosphate rock deposits on the continent. Furthermore, phosphate rock is contaminated with heavy metals such as Cd and U that pollute the farmlands and pose environmental risks. Sewage sludge ash (SSA) might be a promising source for recycling fertilizer since it contains large amounts of P (up to 13 %). However, fertilizer from SSA has to comply with the respective ordinances, particularly the heavy metal limit values stated in the fertilizer ordinance, and requires sufficient P bioavailability. Thus, we conducted a complete survey of SSA from German mono-incineration facilities and developed a thermochemical treatment for SSA to reduce toxic elements and increase P bioavailability. T2 - RAMIRAN 2015 - 16th International conference Rural-Urban Symbiosis CY - Hamburg, Germany DA - 08.09.2015 PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-941492-95-0 SP - TA EP - O_20, 33 AN - OPUS4-34311 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Re-use of secondary phosphates as fertilizers - harmonization of analytical methods N2 - The number of different secondary raw materials used for fertilizer production is expected to increase in the future due to newly developed recycling procedures. Thus, more and more different matrices have to be analyzed. Furthermore, the respective legislation and analytical methodology is nonuniform throughout Europe. Therefore, a harmonization of the the regulations and Standards is desirable. We conduct a research project to test the existing analytical methods on their applicability to a broad variety of matrices to support the harmonization process. The project is scheduled tili late spring 2017. Initial results will be presented. T2 - 15th International waste management and landfill symposium - Sardinia 2015 CY - Cagliari, Italy DA - 06.10.2015 PY - 2015 SN - 9788862650212 PB - CISA Publisher CY - Cagliari AN - OPUS4-34577 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Herzel, Hannes A1 - Kabbe, C. A1 - Remy, C. T1 - Phosphate Recycling - Options and Efficacy T2 - LIFE + Conference - Resource Recovery and Water Protection CY - Skelleftea, Schweden DA - 2015-06-15 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-33664 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Enzymkatalysierte Synthese von Schmierstoffen aus Altfett N2 - Im Rahmen eines vom BMBF geförderten KMU-Innovativ Forschungsprojekts (KKZ 0316199B) konnte in Kooperation mit der Firma Greibo Chemie GmbH ein bio-katalysierter Prozess zur Hydrolyse und Veresterung von gastronomischen Altfetten etabliert werden. Unter Anwendung des Enzyms Candida antarctica lipase-A (CAL-A) kann dieser Prozess mit einem teilweise wässrigen Medium durchgeführt werden was prozesstechnisch einige Vorteile mit sich bringt. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Acyltransferasen ist die CAL-A nicht nur in der Lage die Alkoholyse zu katalysieren sondern auch Fettsäuren zu verestern. Dies eröffnet eine breitere Anwendung des Prozesses auf weitere Produktgruppen und Abfallströme. Es wurden Optimierungen mit modifizierten Enzymen und verschiedenen Fetten und Alkoholen vorgenommen. Des Weiteren wurden die verfahrenstechnischen Parameter optimiert und ein Scale-up auf den 0,5 Tonnen Maßstab durchgeführt. Die aus dem Prozess resultierenden Fettsäureester eignen sich als Motoren- oder Hydraulikbasisöle sowie als Metallbearbeitungsöle. Im Vergleich zu den Mineralölkosten von ca. 1,0 - 1,5 € pro kg muss bei einer Umstellung eines Hydrauliköls auf Fettsäureester (konventionell hergestellt) allerdings bei einem Preis von 3 – 5 € pro kg mit Mehrkosten bei gleichbleibendem Verbrauch gerechnet werden. Für die erfolgreiche Markteinführung müssten vermutlich die durchaus vorhandenen ökologischen Vorteile der Altfett-basierten Produkte beworben werden. T2 - Deutsche Biotechnologietage 2016 CY - Leipzig DA - 26.04.2016 KW - Altfett KW - Enzymkatalyse PY - 2016 SP - 11 EP - 11 PB - Forschungszentrum Jülich CY - 52425 Jülich AN - OPUS4-35969 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Lischka, Susanne T1 - Enzymkatalysierte Synthese von Schmierstoffen aus Altfett N2 - Im Rahmen eines vom BMBF geförderten KMU-Innovativ Forschungsprojekts (KKZ 0316199B) konnte in Kooperation mit der Firma Greibo Chemie GmbH ein bio-katalysierter Prozess zur Hydrolyse und Veresterung von gastronomischen Altfetten etabliert werden. Unter Anwendung des Enzyms Candida antarctica lipase-A (CAL-A) kann dieser Prozess mit einem teilweise wässrigen Medium durchgeführt werden was prozesstechnisch einige Vorteile mit sich bringt. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Acyltransferasen ist die CAL-A nicht nur in der Lage die Alkoholyse zu katalysieren sondern auch Fettsäuren zu verestern. Dies eröffnet eine breitere Anwendung des Prozesses auf weitere Produktgruppen und Abfallströme. Es wurden Optimierungen mit modifizierten Enzymen und verschiedenen Fetten und Alkoholen vorgenommen. Des Weiteren wurden die verfahrenstechnischen Parameter optimiert und ein Scale-up auf den 0,5 Tonnen Maßstab durchgeführt. Die aus dem Prozess resultierenden Fettsäureester eignen sich als Motoren- oder Hydraulikbasisöle sowie als Metallbearbeitungsöle. Im Vergleich zu den Mineralölkosten von ca. 1,0 - 1,5 € pro kg muss bei einer Umstellung eines Hydrauliköls auf Fettsäureester (konventionell hergestellt) allerdings bei einem Preis von 3 – 5 € pro kg mit Mehrkosten bei gleichbleibendem Verbrauch gerechnet werden. Für die erfolgreiche Markteinführung müssten vermutlich die durchaus vorhandenen ökologischen Vorteile der Altfett-basierten Produkte beworben werden. T2 - Deutsche Biotechnologietage 2016 CY - Leipzig DA - 26.04.2016 KW - Altfett KW - Enzymkatalyse PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-35970 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - SUSAN - Sustainable and safe re-use of municipal sewage sludge for nutrient recovery N2 - The SUSAN-project aimed at developing a sustainable and safe strategy for nutrient recovery from sewage sludges using thermal treatment. Mono-incineration of the sludges completely destructs the organic pollutants in a first step. The incineration residues are ashes with a high phosphorus content that still contain heavy metal compounds above the limits for agricultural use. Furthermore, phosphorus in the ashes exhibits low bioavailability - a disadvantage in farming. Therefore, in a second thermochemical step heavy metals are removed and phosphorus transferred into mineral phases available for plants. The principle of the SUSAN-project is the separation of the small heavy metals fraction from the ashes to receive a phosphorus rich product suited as raw material for fertilisers that also contains SiO2, CaO, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MgO and K2O. The thermochemical process is based on evaporation of volatile heavy metal chlorides at 850 - 1000 °C. The sewage sludge ashes are mixed with chlorine donors such as MgCl2 or KCl, grained and treated in a thermal aggregate e.g. a rotary furnace. At the same time a transfer of non soluble P-compounds into Mineral phases available for plants takes place. Besides technological development of the thermochemical process, the products fertilisation performance, the product design, the market for the products and the sustainability of the whole process chain are emphasised in the SUSAN-project. KW - Nutrient recovery KW - Sewage sludges KW - Sludge disposal KW - Sustainability KW - Environmental pollution PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-391607 UR - http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/46724_en.html SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-39160 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -