Use of a Byproduct of Magnesium Oxide Production to Precipitate Phosphorus and Nitrogen as Struvite from Wastewater Treatment Liquors

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 294-299

  Quintana, Miguel ^a   Colmenarejo, Manuel Fco ^a   Barrera, Jesús ^b   García, Gema ^a   García, Elia ^a   Bustos, Angel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Cefic   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal; Fertilizer; MAP; Phosphorus and nitrogen recovery; Struvite; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEWATERING; LIQUID; MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PH; PRECIPITATION; SEWAGE;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION; SEWAGE;

EID: 1542319944     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0303870     Document Type: Article

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