Struvite formation from the supernatants of an anaerobic digestion pilot plant

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Pastor, L ^a   Mangin, D ^b   Ferrer, J ^a   Seco, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Phosphorus recovery; Stirred crystallizer; Struvite

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; EFFLUENTS; FUZZY LOGIC; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PLANTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROCESS CONTROL;

AMORPHOUS CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; FUZZY LOGIC BASED CONTROLLER; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; STRUVITE FORMATION; STRUVITE PRECIPITATION; STRUVITES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE;

AERATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIGESTION; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMATION MECHANISM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STRUVITE; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

AERATION; AIR; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EFFLUENT; FUZZY LOGIC; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STIRRED REACTOR; SUPERNATANT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; PILOT PROJECTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 70249117836     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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