Low-cost struvite production using source-separated urine in Nepal

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 852-862

  Etter, B ^a   Tilley, E ^a   Khadka, R ^a   Udert, K M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnesium ammonium phosphate (MAP); Nutrient recovery; Phosphorus; Struvite precipitation; Sustainable sanitation; Urine separation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COSTS; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; MAGNESIA; MAGNESITE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECOVERY; UREA;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNESIUM AMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATE RECOVERY; PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER; STRUVITE PRECIPITATION; STRUVITE RECOVERIES;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; FERTILIZER; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NYLON; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; BIOREACTOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNESIUM; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SANITATION; STRUVITE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE CULTURE;

NEPAL;

EID: 78650414035     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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