Removal of struvite to prevent problems associated with its accumulation in wastewater treatment works

Water Environment Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 437-443

  Stratful, I ^a   Scrimshaw, M D ^a   Lester, J N ^a,b  

^a Department of Water Technology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Processes and Water Technology Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuously stirred tank reactor; Magnesium ammonium phosphate; Mixing regime; Particle size analysis; Reynolds number; Scale up; Sieving; Struvite; Tracer response experiments; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DEPOSITION; HYDRAULICS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PH EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUSLY STIRRED TANK REACTORS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION; PH TRACER RESPONSE METHOD; STRUVITES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; MAGNESIUM; STRUVITE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE;

POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STIRRED TANK; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; CHEMISTRY; CORROSION; EQUIPMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER FLOW;

CORROSION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 16544390355     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143004X151491     Document Type: Article

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