Effects of various process parameters on struvite precipitation kinetics and subsequent determination of rate constants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-654

  Rahaman, M S ^a   Ellis, N ^a   Mavinic, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kinetics; P recovery; Struvite; Supersaturation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RATE CONSTANTS; SUPERSATURATION;

P-RECOVERY; SUPERSATURATION RATIO;

REACTION KINETICS;

MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; SUPERSATURATION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KINETICS; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STRUVITE;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; REACTION TIME;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION; SEWAGE;

EID: 43949089155     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.022     Document Type: Article

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