Nitrogen recovery from source-separated human urine using clinoptilolite and preliminary results of its use as fertilizer

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 811-817

  Beler Baykal, B ^a   Allar, A D ^a   Bayram, S ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agricultural irrigational use; Ecological sanitation (ECOSAN); Fertilizer; Indirect use of source separated human urine; Ion exchange with clinoptilolite; Nutrient recovery

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL/IRRIGATIONAL USE; CLINOPTILOLITES; ECOLOGICAL SANITATION (ECOSAN); FICUS ELASTICA; HUMAN URINE; INDIRECT ROUTES; INDIRECT USE OF SOURCE SEPARATED HUMAN URINE; NATURAL ZEOLITES; NITROGEN RECOVERY; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; PLANT NUTRIENTS; RESULTS REPORTING; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BODY FLUIDS; ECOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECOVERY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SANITATION; UREA; ZEOLITES;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; AMMONIA; CLINOPTILOLITE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; UREA;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AMMONIUM; CLINOPTILOLITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; LANDSCAPE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SALINITY; SANITATION; SHRUB; URINE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FICUS; FICUS ELASTICA; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE; LANDSCAPE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANT NUTRIENT; SALINITY; URINE; URINE PH; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

FERTILIZERS; FICUS; HUMANS; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ZEOLITES;

FICUS ELASTICA;

EID: 79953176364     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.324     Document Type: Article

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