Is phosphorus recovery from waste water feasible?

Environmental Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-172

  Berg, U ^a   Knoll, G ^b   Kaschka, E ^b   Weidler, P G ^a   Nuesch R ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Posch and Partners   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cost estimates; Mineralogy; Phosphorus; Resource recovery; Waste water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CALCIUM CARBIDE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM SILICATE; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; INVESTMENTS; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; ROCK PRODUCTS; SILICATE MINERALS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHATE INDUSTRIES; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; RECYCLING OPTIONS; RESOURCE RECOVERY; STIRRED REACTORS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CALCIUM SILICATE; FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CRYSTALLIZATION; MINERALOGY; OPERATING COSTS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EXTRACTION METHOD; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COST; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPANDED BED REACTOR; FIXED BED REACTOR; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; RECYCLING; STIRRED REACTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 33947364364     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332808618774     Document Type: Article

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