The solubilisation of N and P during primary sludge acid fermentation and precipitation of the resultant P

Water SA

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-342

  Banister, S S ^a   Pitman, A R ^a   Pretorius, W A ^b  

^a Infrastruct and Tech Serv Cluster   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOACCUMULATION; FERMENTATION; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILIZATION; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; WASTE WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; LIME; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SLUDGE DIGESTION;

DIGESTER SUPERNATANT LIQUOR; SOLUBILIZATION; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032191248     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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