Production and basic morphology of struvite crystals from a pilot-scale crystallization process

Environmental Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-245

  Huang, H ^a   Mavinic, D S ^a   Lo, K V ^a   Koch, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystal retention time; Magnesium dosage; Morphology; Phosphorus recovery; Struvite crystallization

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; CRYSTAL RETENTION; CRYSTAL SIZE; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; MEAN DIAMETER; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; STRUVITES; TREATMENT PLANTS;

CRYSTALS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; STRUVITE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE;

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; HARDNESS; MORPHOLOGY; SEPARATION;

CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HARDNESS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PILOT STUDY; PROCESS CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SUPERNATANT; TIME; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 33744991368     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332708618637     Document Type: Article

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