Thermal decomposition of struvite and its phase transition

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1347-1356

  Bhuiyan, M Iqbal H ^a   Mavinic, D S ^a   Koch, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bobierrite; Crystallization; Dittmarite; Fluidized bed reactor; Struvite; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BOBIERRITE; DITTMARITE; STRUVITE;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; NUTRIENTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PYROLYSIS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BOBIERRITE; DITTMARITE; MAGNESIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; MONOHYDRATE; STRUVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; NUTRIENTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PYROLYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CRYSTALLIZATION; HEATING; HYDROUS MINERAL; LABORATORY METHOD; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; HEATING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHATES; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 38049089275     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.09.056     Document Type: Article

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