Kinetics effects on preferential struvite accumulation in wastewater

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 730-737

  Ohlinger, Kurt N ^a,b   Young, Thomas M ^b   Schroeder, Edward D ^b  

^a The University of Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NUCLEATION; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE;

STRUVITE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032723608     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1999)125:8(730)     Document Type: Article

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