Review of the feasibility of recovering phosphate from wastewater for use as a raw material by the phosphate industry

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 749-758

  Durrant, A E ^a   Scrimshaw, M D ^a   Stratful, I ^a   Lester, J N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnesium ammonium phosphate; Morphology; Precipitation; Struvite; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CRYSTALS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM DEPOSITS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECLAMATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; MAGNESIUM AMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PHOSPHATE INDUSTRIES; SETTLEMENT CHARACTERISTICS; STRUVITES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; STRUVITE;

PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

COST CONTROL; INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032800111     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332008616870     Document Type: Article

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