Struvite formation, control and recovery

Water Research

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 3925-3940

  Doyle, James D ^a   Parsons, Simon A ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluidised bed reactor; Magnesium ammonium phosphate; Phosphorus recovery; Struvite; Wastewater scaling

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

STRUVITE SCALING;

HYDROLOGY;

STRUVITE; ION; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; WATER;

FLUIDIZED BED; MUNICIPAL WASTE; PHOSPHATE; SCALING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; HYDROLOGY; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PH; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; PRECIPITATION; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0036755233     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00126-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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