To recover the soluble nutrients from the anaerobic digestate liquor into the concentrate, which could be recycled to the materials of chemical fertilisers, the sets of batch tests were conducted using the lab-scale electrodialysis apparatus. The ammonium nitrogen, potassium and phosphate were recovered from the liquor by about 70%, 63%, and 40%, respectively, with an acceptable current efficiency of about 83% and power consumption in the optimised scheme. A small amount of organic foulant was formed on the surface of the anion-exchange membranes in the dilute compartments, whereas cationic inorganic deposits were not noticeably precipitated in the concentrate compartments. The development of the foulant was successfully controlled by activating the electrodialysis in an intermittent manner associated with the maintained liquid streams. During the idling stage, a part of the foulant was eroded by the hydraulic shear stress, and removed from the membrane surfaces. The experiments revealed that the most optimised intermittent operation would save the electricity by about 50% and the system size by 20% compared to the continuous operation without idling, respectively. The experimental performance was equivalent to an ammonium-based nutrient recovery of about 5.0 kWh kg-N⁻¹, which might outcompete with the pricing of urea in recent commercial trades.