Performance of cone-shaped fluidized bed struvite crystallizers in removing phosphorus from wastewater

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1227-1234

  Bowers, K E ^a   Westerman, P W ^b  

^a Multiform Harvest Inc   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

CAFO; Crystallizer; Fluidized bed; Livestock; Phosphorus; Struvite; Waste; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CRYSTALLIZERS; FARMS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REMOVAL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CAFO; DESIGN PARAMETERS; RATE EQUATIONS; STRUVITE;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURE; CRYSTALS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION; REMOVAL; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 23744500969     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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